Title
Head of the mummy of Rameses II, Cairo Museum, Egypt. Artist: Tony Evans
Caption
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.
Date
Nov 30, 1999
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Timelapse Library Ltd
Reference
HRM19B03_493
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,0Mb (5,3Mb) / 11,5in x 16,9in / 3452 x 5065 (300dpi)