is dominated by a colossal statue of Ramses II, which stood for half a century at a traffic circle in downtown Cairo before being painstakingly transported to the new museum site in 2006.

“Such larger-than-life figures were previously only known here in Frangissa made from terracotta, including the famous ‘Colossus of Tamassos’ in the Cyprus Museum exhibition.” The site ...

I was drawn to the outskirts of Cairo by the colossal complex ... I was greeted by one of the museum’s many showstoppers: a 3,200-year-old statue of Ramses II, widely regarded as the most ...

Plus, a look at the Grand Egyptian Museum ... traveled to the colossal complex and was greeted by one of its many showstoppers: a 3,200-year-old statue of Ramses II. Other highlights included ...

Walking into the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), one of the first things you'll see is a 36-foot-tall, 82-ton granite statue of Ramesses II, a mighty ... in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard ...

and European scholars and enthusiasts flocked to see not only the pyramids at Giza but also the colossal Ramses II statues carved into the cliffs at Abu Simbel and the royal tombs in Luxor’s ...

Walking into the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), one of the first things you’ll see is a 36-foot-tall, 82-ton granite statue of Ramesses II, a mighty Egyptian pharaoh ... When it was rediscovered in 1922 ...

THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA Departing in the ... Scraps of both lie in the British Museum in London, but their sites are hauntingly bare. In an ironic genuflection to the cycles of history ...

A researcher believes he has found hidden messages on a 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian obelisk that is now in Paris.

An Ambedkar museum will be set up in Bengaluru on the Andhra Pradesh model and a tallest statue of Ambedkar in the country will also be built there," Siddaramaiah said. Speaking at the event ...

The light entered through the door of the temple on the morning of the day of the Panathenaeans, and was reflected in the statue and in the pools of water. Credit: Juan de Lara The Parthenon temple on ...