Pi-Ramesses

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Pi-Ramesses was a major royal city in the Nile Delta that served as the principal residence and power center of Ramesses II during Egypt’s New Kingdom.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city
archaeological site
royal residence
archaeologicalStatus partly excavated
associatedWithPharaoh Merenptah NERFINISHED
Ramesses II NERFINISHED
Ramesses III NERFINISHED
country Ancient Egypt
declineReason branch of Nile silted up
era Late Bronze Age
foundedBy Ramesses II NERFINISHED
function chariotry center
military base
religious center
royal palace complex
hadTempleDedicatedTo Amun
Ptah
Ra
Seth
hasAlternativeName House of Ramesses NERFINISHED
Per-Rameses NERFINISHED
Per-Ramesses NERFINISHED
Pi-Ramesse
knownFor extensive stables
large palace complexes
military installations
monumental temples
languageUsed Ancient Egyptian
locatedIn Nile Delta
eastern Nile Delta
materialReusedAt Tanis
modernCountry Egypt
namedAfter Ramesses II NERFINISHED
near Avaris
Tell el-Dab'a
modern Qantir
partOf Ramesside period
precededBy Avaris
region Lower Egypt
servedAs administrative center of Ramesses II
military center of Ramesses II
political center of Ramesses II
principal residence of Ramesses II
royal capital of Egypt
timePeriod 19th Dynasty of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs
hieratic


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