The Latest Breaking News from Ramesses II

Nov. 5, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Ancient sites, sprawling cities and sweltering beach resorts await

Ramesses II married his daughter and Cleopatra VII married her brother, but how common was marriage within royal and commoner families?

The walls of ancient Egyptian tombs can teach us much about the lives of the pharaohs and their entourages. Tomb paintings showed the deceased and their immediate family members involved in religious activities, the burial itself, or feasting at banquets and hunting in the Nile marshes.

New scans reveal that Ancient Egyptian artists flubbed a tomb painting depicting royalty.

An international team of scientists has uncovered the changes made to two ancient Egyptian paintings.

The identities of a pharaoh and a nonroyal person in an "impossible" statue may have finally been deciphered.

Researchers have discovered a vast cranium collection that was likely left as an offering to Ramesses II, a much-loved pharaoh who died around 1,000 years before the skulls were embalmed.

Archaeologists have discovered broken pharaoh-sphinx statues at an ancient Egyptian sun temple.

Paris is gearing up for a new year of must-see exhibits, from a rare chance to view the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Ramesses II to a Harry Potter “experience” or a deep dive into rival Impressionists Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas.

Scientists built a 3D model of Ramessess II, a celebrated pharaoh who lived over 3,000 years ago, using his mummified remains, then reversed the ageing process