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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pi-Ramesses canonical | 23 |
| Per-Rameses | 1 |
| Per-Ramesses | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ royal residence ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | partly excavated ⓘ |
| associatedWithPharaoh |
Merneptah
ⓘ
surface form:
Merenptah
Ramesses II ⓘ Ramesses III ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| declineReason | branch of Nile silted up ⓘ |
| era | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Ramesses II ⓘ |
| function |
chariotry center
ⓘ
military base ⓘ religious center ⓘ royal palace complex ⓘ |
| hadTempleDedicatedTo |
Amun
ⓘ
Ptah ⓘ Ra ⓘ Seth ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
House of Ramesses
ⓘ
Pi-Ramesses ⓘ
surface form:
Per-Rameses
Pi-Ramesses ⓘ
surface form:
Per-Ramesses
Tanis ⓘ
surface form:
Pi-Ramesse
|
| knownFor |
extensive stables
ⓘ
large palace complexes ⓘ military installations ⓘ monumental temples ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nile Delta
ⓘ
Nile Delta ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Nile Delta
|
| materialReusedAt | Tanis ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ramesses II ⓘ |
| near |
Avaris
ⓘ
Tell el-Dab'a ⓘ modern Qantir ⓘ |
| partOf |
New Kingdom of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Egyptian hieroglyphs
ⓘ
hieratic ⓘ |
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Per-Ramesses
this entity surface form:
Per-Rameses