In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some ...

What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (also spelled ... The "Younger Memnon" is an 8.8-foot-tall (2.7 meter) broken head and torso remnant of a statue from ancient ...

in tall niches inside the entrances of the Valley Temple; 23 life-size statues of the pharaoh in the Valley Temple (fragments of several have been found with his name inscribed on them); at least ...

The legendary pharaoh’s tomb was discovered in 1922, filled with thousands of priceless artifacts — some of which experts now believe were previously overlooked.

Approximately 66 feet tall and 240 feet long, it is one of the largest and oldest monolithic statues in the world ... Lehner, Hawass and others agree it was Pharaoh Khafre, who ruled Egypt ...

This truly colossal statue and its companion are all that remains of a huge mortuary temple built by the pharaoh Amenophis ... just how immense these 60-foot-tall, 1,300-ton statues really are.

The second-best view, though, is right up close, where you can touch the sandy walls and adore the tall, seated statues of Pharaoh Ramses II. Covered in hieroglyphs and ornate carvings of people ...