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Ramesses (/ r æ ˈ m ɛ s iː z / or / ˈ r æ m ə s iː z /), also commonly spelled Rameses or Ramses (/ ˈ r æ m ə s ɛ s /, / ˈ r æ m s ɛ s /, or / ˈ r æ m s iː z /), is the name conventionally given in English transliteration to 11 Egyptian pharaohs of the later New Kingdom period.
For a time, during the early 20th century, the site was misidentified as that of Tanis, due to the amount of statuary and other material from Pi-Ramesses found there, but it now is recognized that the Ramesside remains at Tanis were brought there from elsewhere, and the real Pi-Ramesses lies about 30 km (18.6 mi) south, near modern Qantir. [70]
Menpehtyre Ramesses I (or Ramses) was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt's 19th Dynasty. The dates for his short reign are not completely known but the timeline of late 1292–1290 BC is frequently cited [ 2 ] as well as 1295–1294 BC . [ 3 ]
The trial documents [17] show that many individuals were implicated in the plot. [18] Chief among them were Queen Tiye and her son Pentaweret , Ramesses' chief of the chamber, Pebekkamen , seven royal butlers (a respectable state office), two Treasury overseers, two Army standard bearers, two royal scribes and a herald.
Albert Marchinsky, an illusionist whose stage name was "The Great Rameses"; Ramases, an early-1970s-era British musician; Ramsés VII, pseudonym used by Argentine singer-songwriter Tanguito (1945-1972)
Known as Ramses the Great, the pharaoh ruled Egypt from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C. and is credited with expanding Egypt's reach as far as modern day Syria to the east and Sudan to the south.
His complete reign is preserved on the Cairo Stone. Many stone vessels of his predecessor were found reinscribed for Semerkhet so he may have been a usurper. [49] 8.5 years, c. 2920 BC [41] Qa'a: Qebeh Greek form: Bienékhes. [50] Ruled very long, his tomb is the last one with subsidiary tombs. 34 years, c. 2916 BC Sneferka –
The Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XIX), also known as the Ramessid dynasty, [1] is classified as the second Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom period, lasting from 1292 BC to 1189 BC.