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The second book in the series, The Throne of Fire, was released on May 4, 2011. The book takes place roughly three months after the events of the first book, The Red Pyramid. [7] Carter and Sadie Kane have recruited several students to follow the path of the gods, but are still fugitives from the House of Life.
In Year 8 of his reign, the Sea Peoples, including Peleset, Denyen, Shardana, Meshwesh of the sea, and Tjekker, invaded Egypt by land and sea. Ramesses III defeated them in two great land and sea battles. First, he defeated them on land in the Battle of Djahy on the Egyptian Empire's easternmost frontier in Djahy or modern-day southern Lebanon.
His only known date is a Year 1, I Peret day 2 graffito in the tomb of Kyenebu (Theban Tomb 113) at Thebes. [8] According to Erik Hornung in a 2006 book, [9] the accession date of Ramesses VIII has been established by Amin Amer in a 1981 article to date to an eight-month interval between I Peret day 2 and I Season of the Inundation day 13. [10]
Ramesses XI was the last pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty. As Egypt weakened, Ramesses XI was forced to share power in a triumvirate with Herihor, the high priest of Amun, and Smendes, governor of Lower Egypt. Ramesses XI was buried in Lower Egypt by Smendes, who later took the throne himself.
The new Year 8 papyrus proves that Hormose succeeded to his father's office as foreman by Year 8 of Ramesses VII. Dominique Valbelle regards C.J. Eyre's attribution of this document to Ramesses VII as uncertain since the chief workman Hormose was previously only securely attested in office in Years 6 and 7 of Ramesses IX instead. [8]
As of 2004, he has written over fifty books, including several non-fiction books on the subject of Egyptology. Jacq has a doctorate in Egyptian Studies from the Sorbonne . He and his wife later founded the Ramses Institute , which is dedicated to creating a photographic description of Egypt for the preservation of endangered archaeological sites.
King Ramses, a minor villain in the animated cartoon Courage the Cowardly Dog; Ramses Emerson, a fictional character in the "Amelia Peabody" book series by U.S. author Elizabeth Peters; Ramses, a summon creature in the Game Boy Advance game Golden Sun; Ramses XIII, protagonist of the 1895 historical novel Pharaoh by Bolesław Prus
Ancient Evenings is a 1983 historical novel by American author Norman Mailer.Set in ancient Egypt and dealing with the lives of the characters Menenhetet One and Meni, the novel received mixed reviews.