Ramesses

Ramesses (also commonly spelled "Ramses" or "Rameses") is the name conventionally given in English transliteration to eleven Egyptian pharaohs of the later New Kingdom period. The name essentially translates as "Born of the sun-god Re".

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:19th Dynasty

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• Ramesses I - founder of the 19th Dynasty
• Ramesses II ("the Great")

:20th Dynasty

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• Ramesses III - adversary of the Sea Peoples
• Ramesses IV
• Ramesses V
• Ramesses VI
• Ramesses VII
• Ramesses VIII
• Ramesses IX
• Ramesses X
• Ramesses XI - last ruler of the Egyptian New Kingdom period

Ramesses or Pi-Ramesses is also the name of the reconstructed city of Avaris.

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Egyptian: The term Egyptian can refer to:...

Pharaoh: : This article refers to the historical pharaoh. For pharaoh in the Book of Abraham, see Pharaoh (Book of Abraham); for the book by Boleslaw Prus, see Faraon; for the computer game see Pharaoh (computer game)...

New Kingdom: :: This article is about a period in ancient Egyptian history. For the alternative-"rap" group, see New Kingdom (group)...

Ramesses related Images and Photos (experimental)

Ramesses II as a Child New Kingdom	Colossal Statue of Ramesses Ii at Abu Simbel 1850	Ramesses II at the Battle of Kadesh Facing the Army of Muwattali King of the Hittites	God Amun Offers Sickle Weapon to Pharaoh Ramesses III as he Strikes Two Captured Enemies
The Excavation of the Great Temple of Ramesses II Abu Simbel	The Excavation of the Great Temple of Ramesses II Abu Simbel 1819	Detail of the Book of the Earth from the Burial Chamber of the Tomb of Ramesses Vi	Khnum in a Funerary Barque Passing Through the Underworld from the Tomb of Ramesses III