Ramesses II

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19th Dynasty pharaoh ancient Egyptian pharaoh human monarch

Ramesses II was a powerful 19th Dynasty pharaoh of ancient Egypt, renowned for his extensive building projects, military campaigns, and exceptionally long reign.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Ramesses II before Ra-Horakhty 2
Ramses II 2
Rameses II 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th Dynasty pharaoh ⓘ
ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ozymandias ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
surface form: Ramesses the Great

Ramesses II ⓘ
surface form: Ramses II

Usermaatre Setepenre ⓘ
birthDate circa 1303 BC ⓘ
birthName Ramesses II self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ramesses
built Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
Pi-Ramesses ⓘ
Ramesseum ⓘ
additions to Karnak Temple ⓘ
additions to Luxor Temple ⓘ
burialPlace Valley of the Kings ⓘ
capitalCity Pi-Ramesses ⓘ
child Amun-her-khepeshef ⓘ
Bintanath ⓘ
Khaemwaset ⓘ
Meritamen ⓘ
Merneptah ⓘ
culturalInfluence inspired Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem "Ozymandias" ⓘ
deathDate 1213 BC ⓘ
deathPlace Pi-Ramesses ⓘ
depictedAs divine ruler ⓘ
warrior king ⓘ
dynasty Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
era New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
father Seti I ⓘ
house Ramesseum ⓘ
surface form: House of Ramesses
knownFor Battle of Kadesh ⓘ
extensive building projects ⓘ
first recorded peace treaty ⓘ
long reign ⓘ
military campaigns ⓘ
legacy considered one of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs ⓘ
militaryCampaign campaigns in Canaan ⓘ
campaigns in Nubia ⓘ
campaigns in Syria ⓘ
mother Tuya ⓘ
mummyDiscoveredAt Deir el-Bahri ⓘ
surface form: Deir el-Bahari cache (TT320)
notableBattle Battle of Kadesh ⓘ
numberOfChildren over 100 ⓘ
originalTomb KV7 ⓘ
predecessor Seti I ⓘ
reignDuration 66 years ⓘ
reignEnd 1213 BC ⓘ
reignStart 1279 BC ⓘ
religion Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
royalPrenomen Usermaatre Setepenre ⓘ
spouse Bintanath ⓘ
Isetnofret ⓘ
Maathorneferure ⓘ
Meritamen ⓘ
Nefertari ⓘ
successor Merneptah ⓘ
title Pharaoh of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
treatyWith Hattusili III ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ramesses II → alsoKnownAs → Ramesses II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramses II
Ramesses II → alsoKnownAs → Ramesses II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramesses the Great
Derr, Lower Nubia → associatedWith → Ramesses II ⓘ
Thebes → associatedWithPharaoh → Ramesses II ⓘ
subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)
this entity surface form: Ramses II
Ramesses II → birthName → Ramesses II self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramesses
Temple of Derr → builder → Ramesses II ⓘ
Abu Simbel temples → builtBy → Ramesses II ⓘ
Derr, Lower Nubia → builtBy → Ramesses II ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Derr
Temple of Derr → builtDuringReignOf → Ramesses II ⓘ
Wadi es-Sebua → builtDuringReignOf → Ramesses II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rameses II
Abu Simbel temples → dedicatedTo → Ramesses II ⓘ
Temple of Beit el-Wali → dedicatedTo → Ramesses II ⓘ
Derr, Lower Nubia → dedicatedTo → Ramesses II ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Derr
this entity surface form: Ramesses II (deified)
Valley of the Kings → hasBurialOf → Ramesses II ⓘ
Temple of Derr → hasDepictionOf → Ramesses II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramesses II before Ra-Horakhty
Amada → hasInscriptionFromReignOf → Ramesses II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramesses II before Ra-Horakhty
Wadi es-Sebua → laterAlteredBy → Ramesses II ⓘ
Pharaonic Egypt → majorPharaoh → Ramesses II ⓘ
Ramses Station, Cairo → namedAfter → Ramesses II ⓘ