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Ancient Egypt / New Kingdom / 19th Dynasty /
Ramses 2
Other spellings: Rameses, Ramesses
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The actual Ramses 2, the real mummy. It is on display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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Two Ramses 2's, to the right of the entrance to his temple at Abu Simbel.
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King of Ancient Egypt 1279-1213 BCE, 66 years, the 3rd ruler of the 19th Dynasty.
Ramses 2 greatest achievements were extending the territory south into Nubia, strengthening his position against the Libyans and conquering western Asia Minor, which two centuries earlier had been under Egyptian control.
In the Levant, his greatest opponents were the Hittites.
Ramses 2 is remembered for some of the most exquisite monuments in Egypt. Some had already been erected, but he usurped them, like the temple at Abu Simbel and the Ramesseum at Thebes. And he completed the temple at Abydos, that was started by his father, Seti 1. Ramses 2 had more than 100 children.
Biography
1279: Ramses 2 becomes king of Egypt.
1276-1275: Ramses 2 carries out the first military campaign against the Hittites, but he loses at Kadesh in Syria. The loss of prestige, results in revolts in Egypt.
1270: After suppressing the unrest in Egypt, Ramses 2 resumes the campaign against the Hittites.
1269: Peace treaty with the Hittites, and Ramses marries the daughter of the Hittite king.
1213: Ramses 2 dies, and is succeeded by his 13th oldest son, Merneptah.
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By: Tore Kjeilen
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