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Head of the mummy of Rameses II, Cairo Museum, Egypt. Artist: Tony Evans

Head of the mummy of Rameses II, Cairo Museum, Egypt. Artist: Tony Evans

2-510-785 - Timelapse Library Ltd/Heritage-Images

Head of the mummy of Rameses II, Cairo Museum, Egypt. Rameses II is regarded as possibly the greatest Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. His reign lasted 66 years, from 1279 until 1213 BC. Rameses' mummy was discovered in a cache of mummies at Deir el-Bahri in 1881. It had been moved there from its original burial site in tomb KV5 in the Valley of the Kings.

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Creator
  1. Tony Evans, attributed to: British: Photographer
Subject
  1. Rameses II: Egyptian: Pharaoh
Medium
  1. Photograph
Category Hierarchy

People Royalty

Society & Culture Death & Burial

History & Politics Artefacts

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3452x5065
File Size : 51,224kb

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  1. 0780000025
  1. 2-510-785
  1. 2510785

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