Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III

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The Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III was a failed palace coup in ancient Egypt in which members of the royal household plotted to assassinate the pharaoh and alter the line of succession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination plot
criminal trial
palace coup
political conspiracy
country Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
hasApproximateDate reign of Ramesses III
hasConspirator Mest NERFINISHED
Pabekkamen NERFINISHED
Painebess NERFINISHED
Panouk NERFINISHED
Pebekkamen NERFINISHED
Pentawer (prince of Egypt) NERFINISHED
Tiye (secondary wife of Ramesses III) NERFINISHED
hasEvidence Judicial Papyrus of Turin NERFINISHED
Papyrus Lee NERFINISHED
Papyrus Rifaud NERFINISHED
Papyrus Rollin NERFINISHED
ostraca from Deir el-Medina
hasGoal alteration of the royal succession
assassination of Ramesses III
hasHistoricalSignificance documents legal procedures in the 20th Dynasty
provides evidence of internal court politics in late New Kingdom Egypt
hasIntendedSuccessor Prince Pentawer NERFINISHED
hasJudge special court of high officials
hasLanguage Ancient Egyptian
hasLocation Thebes NERFINISHED
court of Ramesses III NERFINISHED
royal harem at Medinet Habu
hasMainSubject Ramesses III NERFINISHED
hasOutcome execution of conspirators
failure
forced suicides of conspirators
trial of conspirators
hasPerpetrator magicians
members of the royal harem
royal officials
hasPunishment execution by burning
forced suicide
mutilation
hasRelatedWork mummy CT scans of Ramesses III and Pentawer
involves attempt to incite a revolt in the harem
letters and messages smuggled into the harem
recruitment of palace guards
use of magic
legalProceedingOf Ramesses III NERFINISHED
relatedTo succession of Ramesses IV
studiedBy Egyptologists
timePeriod 20th Dynasty of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED

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20th Dynasty of Egypt hasEvent Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III