Now displayed vertically, this huge piece of carved granite is the sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III. This effigy of the king shows him in the form of an Egyptian god Sokar-Osiris who protected the ...

A 3,200-year-old tomb believed to belong to a high-ranking military commander from the era of Pharaoh Ramses III was unearthed at Tell el-Maschuta in northeastern Egypt, according to a report by ...

The tomb of a commander of Ramesses III's army, found in Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt The Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has made ...

The statement didn't note exactly what the inscriptions say, but the finds in the tomb convinced archaeologists that it was built for a military commander who served Ramesses III. Ramesses III's ...

Inside the man's tomb, archaeologists found a gold ring containing the name of Ramesses III, along with bronze arrowheads. The tomb was discovered at the site of Tell el-Maschuta (also spelled ...