This marks the first such tomb found since 1922 when the discovery of 19-year-old pharaoh Tutankhamun's burial chambers enraptured the world. The inhabitant of this tomb has a lower profile.

In the early ages every Pharaoh set about constructing his pyramid as soon as he was crowned. Later, when these piles had become numerous, it was the custom to make a chamber in the rock for a tomb.

God explains the coming Passover to Moses and Aaron and tells them to prepare the Israelites, who are in captivity in Egypt.

From 1570 to 1069 B.C., this city was the capital of Egypt, and every pharaoh who came to power launched a new construction project within its sprawling temple complex.

(See pictures of Hosni Mubarak, the man who stayed too long.) With that, power reverted to the Egyptian military from which Mubarak emerged, both stolid and a little dashing, 36 years ago.

The story of Ramses II, Pharaoh of Egypt's lengthy life and the unparalleled splendor of his reign is on awesome display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in the special traveling ...