Pi-Ramesses (/pɪərɑːmɛs/; Ancient Egyptian: pr-rꜥ-ms-sw, meaning "House of Ramesses") was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses...
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of Pi-Ramesses in the Nile Delta, he designated it as Egypt's new capital and used it as the main staging point for his campaigns in Syria. Ramesses led...
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Avaris (redirect from Pi-Ramesses Aa-nakhtu)
dynasty. After Ramesses II constructed the city of Pi-Ramesses roughly 2 km (1.2 mi) to the north, Avaris was superseded by Pi-Ramesses, and thus finally...
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Ramesses V Ramesses VI Ramesses VII Ramesses VIII Ramesses IX Ramesses X Ramesses XI Pi-Ramesses, founded by pharaoh Ramesses II on the former site of...
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Memphis, Egypt (redirect from Statue of Ramesses II (Memphis open air museum))
the deified Ramesses II, along with the three state deities: Horus, Ptah and Amun. It is known in full as the Temple of Ptah of Ramesses, Beloved of Amun...
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from the previous capital of Pi-Ramesses, for reuse. Indeed, at the end of the New Kingdom the royal residence of Pi-Ramesses was abandoned because the Pelusiac...
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The city is now commonly identified as Pi-Ramesses (House of Ramesses), the new capital founded by Ramesses II. The convention of numbering kings who...
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mid-to-late 12th century BC and was a son of Ramesses III and queen Iset Ta-Hemdjert. As a prince, he was known as Ramesses Amunherkhepeshef and held the titles...
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understanding the initial syllable ′Pi,′ which corresponds to the Egyptian word Pr or Pi, as House of such as in ′Pithom′ or ′Pi-Ramesses′. The next literary fragment...
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– the "House of Ramesses". The capital is created as a center of Egyptian power in the North. c. 1279 BC – 1213 BC—Temple of Ramesses II in Abu Simbel...
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eleven pharaohs who took the name Ramesses, after Ramesses I, who founded the Nineteenth Dynasty, and his grandson Ramesses II, who was its longest-reigning...
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Qantir (category Pi-Ramesses)
ancient site of the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II's capital, Pi-Ramesses or Per-Ramesses ("House or Domain of Ramesses"). It is situated around 9 kilometers...
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and his son Ramesses II would confront in the future. The New Kingdom of Egypt reached the zenith of its power under Seti I and Ramesses II ("The Great")...
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salvaged from the derelict Pi-Ramesses. Many of these blocks were unaltered and kept the name of Pi-Ramesses' builder, Ramesses II, including obelisks still...
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Paser (vizier) (category Pi-Ramesses)
stela was found in Tanis, but originally came from Pi-Ramesses. The vizier is shown adoring King Ramesses II. A statue with Ptah from the Temple of Ptah in...
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of the garrisons of Ramesses II held Set as its patron deity, and Ramesses II erected the so-called "Year 400 Stela" at Pi-Ramesses, commemorating the...
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Asiatic until its full abandonment following the construction of Pi-Ramesses under Ramesses II during the 19th Dynasty. Excavations of the site were originally...
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Kingdoms. Thinis Memphis Heracleopolis Magna Thebes Itjtawy Avaris Amarna Pi-Ramesses Tanis Bubastis Leontopolis Sais Mendes Samannud Alexandria Fustat Cairo...
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Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt (section Ramesses III)
for about 3-4 years before being succeeded by his son Ramesses III. In Year 5 of his reign, Ramesses defeated a Libyan invasion of Egypt by the Libu, Meshwesh...
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about the identity of the Egyptian official Yuya. Ramesses II (c. 1279–1213 BC): Ramesses II, or Ramesses the Great, is the most common figure for the Exodus...
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the thirteenth century BCE at the time of Ramesses II, or during the twelfth century BCE at the time of Ramesses III. One text of this period which has been...
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Memphis and Pi-Ramesses 1292 BC 1189 BC 103 years Ramesses I Twosret (list) (tree) Dynasty XX Pi-Ramesses 1189 BC 1077 BC 112 years Setnakhte Ramesses XI (list)...
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they travel from Ramesses to Succoth. Ramesses is generally identified with modern Qantir, the site of the 19th dynasty capital Pi-Ramesses, and Succoth with...
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which had Pithom as its main town, extended north as far as the ruins of Pi-Ramesses (the "land of Rameses"), and included both crop land and grazing land...
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Memphis, then Pi-Ramesses, are the capitals of the New Kingdom of Egypt. It is a period of relative prosperity. During the reign of Ramesses II, the construction...
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reigns of Seti I (1290–1279 BC) and Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC), who still resided for part of every year in Thebes. Ramesses II carried out extensive building...
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Pierre Montet (category Pi-Ramesses)
Pi-Ramesses. Byblos et l'Egypte, quatre campagnes de fouilles à Byblos, 1928 La Necropole Royale de Tanis, 1958 Everyday Life in the Days of Ramesses...
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Peru-nefer (category Pi-Ramesses)
Many naval bases were located in and around Egypt in the ancient times of this world. The particular naval base of Peru-nefer was one of the bases established...
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Manfred Bietak (category Pi-Ramesses)
Manfred Bietak (born in Vienna, 6 October 1940) is an Austrian archaeologist. He is professor emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Vienna, working...
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the news of Seti II's death to reach Thebes from the capital city of Pi-Ramesses in Lower Egypt, the date of I Peret 19 only marks the day the news of...
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