![]() “We didn’t know what they were, but as we continued our excavation and exploration, all of sudden we found a whole area filled with ram skulls.” “We came across some random pieces of skulls first,” he says. One of the mummified ram skulls found at the siteĮgyptian Tourism and Antiquities Ministry / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The large number of skulls was “surprising even for Egyptologists,” excavation leader Sameh Iskander tells CBS News’ Ahmed Shawkat. And now, a new discovery is shedding light on perceptions of the ancient pharaoh during the Ptolemaic period, about 1,000 years after his death.Īrchaeologists from New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) have uncovered over 2,000 mummified ram skulls at a temple in the ancient city of Abydos. ![]() Ramses II died in 1213 B.C.E., and his celebrity status has endured ever since. ![]() Also known as Ramses the Great and Ozymandias, this New Kingdom pharaoh embodies many modern perceptions of ancient Egypt: militarism, diplomacy, advanced infrastructure, vast wealth. For anyone who studies ancient Egypt-and even many who don’t-the name Ramses II looms large.
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