Ramesses may refer to:

Ancient Egypt

Pharaohs of the nineteenth dynasty

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 Ra ...

, founder of the 19th Dynasty *

Ramesses II Ramesses II ( egy, wikt:rꜥ-ms-sw, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is oft ...

, also called "Ramesses the Great" ** Prince

Ramesses (prince) Ramesses (sometimes referred as Ramesses B) was an ancient Egyptian crown prince during the 19th Dynasty. Family Ramesses was the eldest son of Ramesses II and Queen Isetnofret, and the second son overall after Amunherkhepeshef, the eldest son ...

, second son of Ramesses II ** Prince Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben, a son of Ramesses II

Pharaohs of the twentieth dynasty

Ramesses III Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III (also written Ramses and Rameses) was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. He is thought to have reigned from 26 March 1186 to 15 April 1155 BC and is considered to be the last great monar ...

, adversary of the Sea Peoples *

Ramesses IV Heqamaatre Setepenamun Ramesses IV (also written Ramses or Rameses) was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. He was the second son of Ramesses III and became crown prince when his elder brother Amenherk ...

* 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 (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 Tanguito (1945-1972) * Ramesses (band), an English sludge/doom metal band, formed by ex-Electric Wizard members Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening * Ramses Shaffy (1933–2009), Dutch singer * Ramses Younan (1913–1966), Egyptian painter and writer

Fictional characters

* King Ramses, a minor villain in the animated cartoon ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' * Ramses Emerson, a fictional character in the "Amelia Peabody" book series by U.S. author Elizabeth Peters * Ramses, a summon creature in the Game Boy Advance game ''Golden Sun'' * Ramses XIII, protagonist of the 1895 historical novel ''Pharaoh (Prus novel), Pharaoh'' by Bolesław Prus

Military

* MV ''Ramses'', a German Blockade runner#Axis blockade runners, blockade runner sunk by HMAS Adelaide (1918), HMAS ''Adelaide'' in 1942 * The Ramses II tank, an Egyptian main battle tank

Products

* Ramses, a brand of condom manufactured by Durex

Sports

* Rameses (mascot), the mascot for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill {{disambiguation, hndis