Ramesses II also may have been the model for the unidentified ... a mythical Greek king of that name. The other statue actually represented the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III.

But while examples from Greece were usually exaggerated or grotesque, suggesting dwarves were stigmatized, this one from Egypt shows that dwarves were honored members of the culture, rather than ...

Beyond its galleries, GEM reclaims Egyptology for Egyptians, addressing the Western-dominated narratives that have long ...

What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (also ... He may have also been the model for the ...

A statue discovered at Cleopatra’s tomb allegedly reveals the Egyptian queen’s true face. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission in collaboration with the National University Pedro ...

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...

A new statue found at the site of Cleopatra’s tomb is believed to have revealed the "true face" of the Egyptian queen. Expert archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, who has been searching for the tomb ...

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...