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Ramses Railway Station
Ramesses may refer to: Ancient Egypt Pharaohs of the nineteenth dynasty * Ramesses I, founder of the 19th Dynasty * Ramesses II, also called "Ramesses the Great" ** Prince Ramesses (prince), second son of Ramesses II ** Prince Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben, a son of Ramesses II Pharaohs of the twentieth dynasty * Ramesses III, adversary of the Sea Peoples * Ramesses IV * Ramesses V * Ramesses VI * Ramesses VII * Ramesses VIII * Ramesses IX * Ramesses X * Ramesses XI Locations * Pi-Ramesses, founded by pharaoh Ramesses II on the former site of Avaris Books * ''Ramses the Damned'', an alternate title of the novel ''The Mummy'' by Anne Rice * The ''Ramses'' (''Ramsès'') series of five best-selling historical novels, by French author and Egyptologist Christian Jacq Entertainers and artists * 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 T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesses I
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 time-line of late 1292–1290 BC is frequently cited as well as 1295–1294 BC. While Ramesses I was the founder of the 19th Dynasty, his brief reign mainly serves to mark the transition between the reign of Horemheb, who had stabilized Egypt in the late 18th Dynasty, and the rule of the powerful pharaohs of his own dynasty, in particular his son Seti I, and grandson Ramesses II. Origins Originally called Pa-ra-mes-su, Ramesses I was of non-royal birth, being born into a noble military family from the Nile Delta region, perhaps near the former Hyksos capital of Avaris. He was a son of a troop commander called Seti. His uncle Khaemwaset, an army officer, married Tamwadjesy, the matron of Tutankhamun's Harem of Amun, who was a relative of Huy, the viceroy of Kush, an important state post. This shows the high status of Rames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
