Ramses II
Abu Simbel's builder
Ramses II was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled for sixty-six years in the thirteenth century BCE, making him one of the longest-reigning monarchs in history.
Also spelled Ramesses or Rameses.
He is remembered for military campaigns, monumental building projects including temples at Abu Simbel, and as the pharaoh often associated with the biblical Exodus story.
- HatshepsutEgyptian queen who ruled
- Abu SimbelRock-cut Egyptian temple complex
- ThebesAncient city, two locations
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- peace treatyFormal end to hostilities
Ozymandias · golden age · Nefertari · ancient Egypt · mummification · Hittites · Egyptology · Nile River · Valley of the Kings · royal tomb · exodus · colossal · Book of the Dead · Rosetta Stone · mummy · throne · chariot · temple
- PharaohsKhufu, Ramesses II, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, Akhenaten
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
- historical figureshistorical figures, leaders, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc
- historical rulersJulius Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great
- Warrior KingsAlexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Richard the Lionheart, William the Conqueror, Cyrus the Great
- Luxor TemplesKarnak, obelisks, pylons, sacred lake, colonnade
biblical narrative role
Ramses IIMoses
Hebrew prophet, liberator
Aaron · Hebrew slaves · Israelites · liberator · deliverer