House of Ramesses
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House of Ramesses is the alternative name for Pi-Ramesses, the grand royal capital city built by Pharaoh Ramesses II in the Nile Delta during Egypt’s New Kingdom.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pi-Ramesses court | 1 |
| Pi-Ramesses royal residence city | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ royal capital ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Per-Ramesses
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pi-Ramesses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateFoundationDate | reign of Ramesses II ⓘ |
| archaeologicalIdentification |
near Qantir
ⓘ
near Tell el-Dab'a ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Amun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ra NERFINISHED ⓘ Seth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy | Ramesses II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOf | New Kingdom Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| culturalPeriod | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| declineReason | shift of Nile branches ⓘ |
| dynasty | Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Ramesses II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 13th century BCE ⓘ |
| function |
economic hub
ⓘ
imperial capital ⓘ religious center ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
harbor installations
ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ royal palaces ⓘ storehouses ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
temple of Amun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
temple of Ramesses II NERFINISHED ⓘ temple of Seth ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive palace complex
ⓘ
military chariotry facilities ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ stables for war horses ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| laterReplacedBy | Tanis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Lower Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nile Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ramesses II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ramesside period urban network ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | primary seat of royal power in Ramesses II’s reign ⓘ |
| reignOfFounder | 1279–1213 BCE ⓘ |
| servedAs |
administrative center
ⓘ
military base ⓘ royal residence ⓘ |
| strategicLocation | eastern Nile Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicRole | base for campaigns in the Levant ⓘ |
| timePeriod | New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Egyptian hieroglyphs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pi-Ramesses royal residence city
this entity surface form:
Pi-Ramesses court