"Ramses was a great king who was a warrior. He made many battles and was the first one to have a peace treaty," explains Zahi Hawass, a renowned archaeologist and former antiquities minister of Egypt.

Farther north at Abydos, the burial place of the first kings of a unified Egypt, he began construction of a chapel and temple (Seti I would complete it). Still farther north, Rameses I reopened ...

Ramses II, a pharaoh who ruled in the 13th century ... The second occupant was Menkheperre, a high priest who lived around ...

Ramses II’s father, Seti I, provided his son with a large harem when the boy was 8 years old. In later years, he had many concubines and wives (the dearest was his first queen, Nefertari).

Ramses II (the Great) was one of the most prolific builders of ancient Egypt. Hardly a site exists that he did not initiate, add to, complete, or build entirely himself. Some of the greatest ...

which is believed to be the first written peace treaty between foreign powers. This brought Egypt an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity that continued until Rameses' death.