Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani inspects an unearthed statue that workers say depicts revered Pharaoh Ramses II who ruled ...

FILE PHOTO: A police officer walks next to an entrance of the Egyptian Museum in Egypt's capital of Cairo CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King ...

A 3,400 year-old bust of the 19th Dynasty pharaoh King Ramses II has been returned to Egypt after being stolen and smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago. The bust is being held at Cairo’s ...

A massive statue recently unearthed in Cairo and thought to depict one of the country's most famous pharaohs may be of another ancient Egyptian ruler, the country's antiquities minister said Thursday.

CAIRO (AP) – With much fanfare, Egypt on Thursday placed the ancient statue of one of its most famous pharaohs, Ramses II, in the entrance hall of a new antiquities’ museum under construction near the ...

CAIRO – Egypt says archaeologists have discovered parts of a statue of one of its most famous pharaohs in the southern city of Aswan. The Antiquities Ministry said Tuesday the head and chest of the ...

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CAIRO --Egypt says archaeologists have discovered parts of a statue of one of its most famous pharaohs in the southern city of Aswan. The Antiquities Ministry said Tuesday the head and chest of the ...