Ramesses II
Ramesses the Great
alternatively transcribed as Ramses
and Rameses
Ramesses II: one of four external seated statues at Abu Simbel
Pharaoh of Egypt
Reign 1279–1213 BC, 19th Dynasty
Predecessor Seti I
Successor Merneptah
Prenomen: Usermaatre-setepenre
The justice of Rê is powerful, chosen of Rê.[1]
Horus name: Kanakht Merymaa
The strong bull, beloved of right, truth.[2]
Nebty name: Mekkemetwafkhasut
Protector of Egypt who curbs foreign lands.[2]
Golden Horus: Userrenput-aanehktu
Rich in years, great in victories.[2]
Consort(s) Henutmire, Isetnofret, Nefertari, Maathorneferure
Children Khaemweset, Merneptah, Amun-her-khepsef, Meritamen.
See also: List of children of Ramesses II
Father Seti I
Mother Queen Tuya
Burial KV7
Monuments Abu Simbel, Abydos[3], Ramesseum, Luxor and Karnak temples[4]
Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses The Great and alternatively transcribed as Ramses and Rameses *Riʕmīsisu; also known as Ozymandias in the Greek sources, from a transliteration into Greek of a part of Ramesses' throne name, User-maat-re Setep-en-re)[5] was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as Egypt's greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh.[6] His successors and later Egyptians called him the "Great Ancestor." Today he is often believed to have been the Pharaoh of the Exodus.[7]
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