Biblical epic 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' stars Christian Bale as Moses who, as the film opens, fights alongside his brother Ramses (a shaved-headed Joel Edgerton), to help defend Egypt, which is ...

He was the third ruler of the 19th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Scholars associate Ramses II with the Biblical Exodus story, linking him to the era of the Israelites' enslavement and exodus from Egypt.

The most famed collection of such elaborate tombs—the Valley of the Kings—lies on the Nile's ... pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests, and ...