Most Egyptologists today believe he assumed the throne on BC, based on his known accession date of III Season of the Harvest, day 27. His successors and later Egyptians called him the "Great Ancestor".Īt age fourteen, he was appointed prince regent by his father, Seti I. He is known as Ozymandias in Greek sources ( Koinē Greek: Οσυμανδύας, romanized: Osymandýas), from the first part of Ramesses's regnal name, Usermaatre Setepenre, "The Maat of Ra is powerful, Chosen of Ra". Other spellings include Rameses and Ramses in Koinē Greek: Ῥαμέσσης, romanized: Rhaméssēs. The name Ramesses is pronounced variously / ˈ r æ m ə s iː z, ˈ r æ m s iː z, ˈ r æ m z iː z/. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom, itself the most powerful period of Ancient Egypt. 1303–1213 BC) was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Ramesses II ( Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ-ms-sw Rīʿa-məsī-sū, pronounced, meaning "Ra is the one who bore him" c. Nefertari, Isetnofret, Maathorneferure, Meritamen, Bintanath, Nebettawy, HenutmireĪmun-her-khepsef, Ramesses, Pareherwenemef, Khaemwaset, Merneptah, Meryatum, Bintanath, Meritamen, Nebettawy, Henuttawy ( List of children of Ramesses II)Ību Simbel, Abydos, Ramesseum, Luxor, Karnak "Protector of Egypt who curbs foreign lands" "The strong bull, beloved of right, truth" "Ramesses (Rê has fashioned him), beloved of Amun" "The justice of Rê is powerful – chosen of Rê"
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