Ramesses ii

Coffin of Ramesses II A cedar wood coffin case of the pharaoh Ramesses II (r. ca. 1279-1213 BC). Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 61020 Photograph: Louis Mazzatenta, National Geographic Creative.

On the eve of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, some of the country's artifacts, from the Rosetta Stone to the bust of Nefertiti, remain overseas

gypt, Luxor Temple, Close up of Colossal Seated Statue of Ramses II

Yul Brynner as Ramses II by Arnold Friberg

Detail of a carving depicts the royal titulary of King Ramesses II (Usermaatre–setepenre, "The justice of Re is powerful – chosen of Re"), Abu Simbel Temple, Lower Nubia.

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In the 19th Dynasty, about thirty two centuries and ten decades ago, there was a child, born to take that throne to rule the kingdom, the third king of 19th Dynasty, Ramesses II. The reign (1279-1213 B.C.) in which he ruled was the longest reign in the history of Egypt. His name meaning is the “Keeper of Harmony and

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Head and upper body of pink/grey granite monumental statue of Ramses II (one of a pair placed before the door of the Ramesseum) wearing nemes head-cloth and circlet of uraei (about half now lost), the sculptor has exploited the bichrome nature of the stone