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	Ramses III
		Ramses III was a great military leader who repeatedly saved the country from invasion.
		Ramses III lined the shores with part of his army which shot arrows at the enemy ships as they tried to land.
		Ramses III was also a builder of temples and palaces.
	library.thinkquest.org /J002046F/ramses_iii.htm (359 words)

	Egypt Tomb of Ramses 3 - KV11
		The sarcophagus of Ramesses III (view 84), formerly placed in the burial chamber, was initially composed of pink granite with a lid in the form of a cartouche.
		The lid of the sarcophagus of Ramesses III is preserved at the Fitzwilliam museum (E.1.1823).
		Ramesses III is represented in mummiform, holding in his hands the crook (heqa) and the whip or flail (nekhakha) of Sokar-Osiris.
	www.osirisnet.net /tombes/pharaons/ramses3/e_ramses3.htm (5903 words)

	Ramses 3
		Ramses 3 was the son of King Setnakht, a man we know little about except that he founded a new dynasty.
		A good illustration of the problems, is that one of his wives plotted to have Ramses 3 killed in order to secure her son the position as new king.
		The achievements of Ramses 3 are represented on the walls of his mortuary temple at Madinet Habu near Luxor.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/ramses_3.htm (482 words)

	Ramesses III, Egypt's Last, Great Pharaoh
		Another of Ramesses III's queens was Tiy, but in a several noteworthy papyrus from his reign, particularly one known today as the Harem Conspiracy Papyrus, we learn of an assassination attempt upon the king in which she was at least a part of the plot.
		Though Ramesses III's foremost construct was his mortuary temple at Medinet Habu, which was finished in about the 12th year of his reign, at Karnak he provided numerous relief decorations and two new, small temples including one dedicated to Khonsu, the moon god.
		While we know that Ramesses III likely died during the trial of the harem conspirators, we really do not know how he died, though some scholars believe it was at the hands of the conspirators while others believe it was not related to the plot.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/ramessesiii.htm (2849 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ramses (Ancient History, Egypt, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		B.C. Ramses was not the heir to the throne but usurped it from his brother.
		The last year of Ramses III was darkened by the conspiracy of his wife Tiy.
		The XX dynasty continued to be ruled by kings with the name Ramses, but little of significance occurred during their reigns.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Ramses.html (517 words)

	Ancient Egyptian History: The New Kingdom - Dynasties 18 to 20 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The consequent loss of prestige sparked revolts within the empire, and Ramses could not resume direct hostilities against the Hittites until the tenth year of his reign; the conflicts were finally concluded by a peace treaty in his 21st year.
		During the reigns of Ramses III or IV most centres of Egyptian power in Canaan were destroyed and Ramses VI withdrew from Serabit el Khadim, the copper mines of Timna and possibly Megiddo.
		Government was corrupt and inefficient, and Ramses himself was the target of an assassination plot before being succeeded by his son Ramses IV in 1151 BCE.
	nefertiti.iwebland.com /history18-20.htm (2462 words)

	Ramesses III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pharaoh of Dynasty XX Ramses III, the 2nd king of the 20th Dynasty, ruled for about 31 years during the period known as the New Kingdom.
		Ramses III commissioned 14 people to judge over 40 people who were implicated in the conspiracy.
		It is believed that Ramses III never lived to see the end of the trials.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/egypt/history/people/ramessesiii.html (255 words)

	Living in Truth by Charles N.Pope - Chapter 32:"The Fairest of Them All"(Queen Nefertari and her Firstborn ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ramses was fully aware of family history, and diligently searched for a way to place a true son on the throne and still satisfy destiny.
		Ramses was granted titles in Lower Egypt and would eventually be appointed as a pharaoh of Libya under the name of Tefnakhte.
		Upon the death of Khaemwaset son of Ramses the role of Jacob/Kohath was transferred to Hori son of Khaemwaset.
	www.domainofman.com /book/chap-32.html (5980 words)

	Ramses III and the Sea Peoples
		In the papyrus Harris it is said that Ramses III held a campaign against the shasu Bedouins in the Negev desert; a campaign to the north is not mentioned.
		In the time of Ramses III there was a scribe who worked in the Ramesseum (the funerary temple of Ramses II) and spoke to a unruly mob of striking workers from the Valley of the King.
		Ramses II did use prisoners of war from Canaan in his building projects and it may well be that Elisha or somebody else liberated a number of prisoners.
	home-3.tiscali.nl /~meester7/engseapeoples.html (3774 words)

	Necropolis of Thebes: Tomb of Khaemwaset
		A common characteristic of all these tombs of Ramses III's sons is that the princes follow their father who introduces them to various deities--unusual since typically a god would introduce the personage of the tomb to different deities.
		Ramses III is elegantly dressed and performs the obligatory rituals.
		In this tomb Ramses III is always depicted in a sumptuous way, wearing a variety of crowns--on the far right, for example, he wears Lower Egypt's red crown with the uraeus; the crown in the center is decorated with vulture's wings.
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/egypt/thebes/khaem/khaemwaset.html (355 words)

	Amazon.ca: Ramses Volume III The Battle Of Kadesh: Books: Christian Jacq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ramses would have to destroy the spy network and the Hittites or his entire country may be enslaved.
		Ramses, Pharaoh of Egypt, is presented as a man of twenty-first century sensitivities.
		Before he can concentrate on war, however, Ramses reign is being undermined by a network of different alliances against him, most notably that of Ofir, the sorcerer, trying to use fl magic to weaken the Pharaoh's defences; And an underground network of Hittite spies intent on bringing about Egypts downfall.
	www.amazon.ca /Ramses-Battle-Kadesh-Christian-Jacq/dp/0446673587 (1212 words)

	Ramesses III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main reason for this deficiency was due to the massive and extended 1159 BC to 1140 BC eruption of the Hekla III volcano in Iceland, which expelled large amounts of smoke and rock into the atmosphere thereby causing large-scale failures of the crop harvest.
		Ramesses III may perhaps have initiated the trials himself to capture the perpetrators of the conspiracy late in his life.It is also known that he lived as long as about 2 weeks after the assassination atempt.
		The mummy of Ramesses III was discovered by antiquarians in 1886 and is regarded as the prototypical Egyptian Mummy in numerous Hollywood movies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ramses_III (1452 words)

	NOVA Online \| Mysteries of the Nile \| Karnak Temple: Temple of Ramses III
		The court is surrounded by statues of Ramses III in his Jubilee vestments.
		On the inside face of the pylon ahead of you are scenes showing Ramses III vanquishing his enemies.
		As you move around, try to pinpoint the only statue of Ramses III that still sports the traditional long beard that all pharaohs wore.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/egypt/explore/karnakrams.html (159 words)

	Ramses 2
		Why Ramses proceeded on this march knowing full well that his army was not in a position to be at the ready in their pre-planned attack locations is nothing short of amazing and not easily explained in either the conventional or revised account.
		Ramses II was followed by Merneptah.[6250] He was the one who had the so-called Israel stele made in which he mentions Israel, the country that was just laid waste by the conquest of the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar.
		Ramses had married the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar when he was already a middle-aged man; although his wife became the chief wife, he had a chief wife before who had borne him children.
	www.specialtyinterests.net /ramses2.html (15924 words)

	Medinet Habu: The Mortuary Temple of Ramses III
		Medinet Habu: The Mortuary Temple of Ramses III
		Ramses III had an usual entrance built for the complex, modeled perhaps on citadels he had seen on military campaigns in Syria.
		Although scholars are uncertain about whether Ramses actually lived in the palace, it had an audience hall and a shower room (with the stone tank still intact).
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/egypt/thebes/medhabu/medhabu.html (520 words)

	The Temple of Luxor, Luxor temple
		At the time of Amenhotep III the Temple was only 190m in length and 55m in width.
		The open court of Ramses II leads to the Colonnade, which was built by Amenhotep III, and decorated by Tutankhamen and later, Horemheb; Seti I, Ramses II, and Seti II all recorded their names there.
		On the walls of the Hypostyle Hall, there are some reliefs representing Amenhotep III hunting and killing a gazelle in front of Amon Ra, and other scenes representing the King in front of various deities.
	www.ask-aladdin.com /luxortemple.html (916 words)

	The assassination attempts against Ramses III
		Ramses III survivied a number of assassination attempts and rebellions.
		The last plot against Ramses III, the outcome of which is uncertain, was avenged by his son, Ramses IV.
		For I am exempted and protected everlastingly, being among the righteous kings who are in the presence of Amen-Re', King of the Gods, and in the presence of Osiris, the Ruler of Eternity.
	www.reshafim.org.il /ad/egypt/ramsesiii_assassination_attempts.htm (417 words)

	InfoHub - Ramses III and the Philistines
		The fall of Hattusa took place about 1193 B.C. The next target was Egypt, but Pharaoh Ramses III was prepared for the invasion.
		Ramses III was also able to win the land battle.
		In the land victory that Ramses won against the Philistines, the fighting was done on smooth and flat terrain.
	www.infohub.com /forums/printthread.php?t=6978 (600 words)

	Ramses — FactMonster.com
		The last year of Ramses III was darkened by the conspiracy of his wife
		Plundered Art: Recovering the Head of Ramses II - Plundering the Past: Recovering the Head of Ramses II Egyptian police recover teh magnificent...
		Tiy, queen of ancient Egypt, wife of Ramses III - Tiy, fl.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0841090.html (511 words)

	Egypt: A Photographic Tour
		Nefertari was the principal wife of Ramses II (1279-1213 BC); her tomb is one of the most beautiful and largest ever found.
		Medinat Habu is the Arabic name for the Mortuary Temple of Ramses III (1187-1156 BC) of Dynasty XX.
		The Ramesseum was the Mortuary Temple of Ramses II (1279-1213 BC).
	www.nickwinter.com /journeys/africa/egypt.htm (998 words)

	Ramesses III - The Last Great Pharaoh
		That long period of stability in the Middle East brought about by Thutmose III and continued by Rameses II's treaties with the Hittites was about to come to an end.
		Rameses III had two principle wives plus a number of minor wives and it was one of these minor wives, Tiye, who was the cause of his destruction.
		Fourteen officials sat in judgment and all the accused, with the exception one, was found guilty and condemned to commit suicide.
	www.eyelid.co.uk /k-q7.htm (910 words)

	Africana Studies . Tomb of Rameses III
		From Yurco's own photographs of the two tombs, the Ramses III and Seti I wall reliefs of the four "Table of Nations" groups are obviously different.
		Yurco presents multiple distortions of the Ramses III "Table of Nations" scene and they are largely based upon the multiple errors of Dr. Erik Hornung.[4] Both Hornung and Yurco misrepresent this scene in three specific ways.
		The Ramses III "Table of Nations" scene is indeed rare, but to claim that it doesn't exist or that Sethe/Lepsius made errors is dishonest.
	manuampim.com /ramesesIII.htm (2505 words)

	Egypt: The Tomb of Ramesses III, Valley of the Kings, Egypt
		Up to the point of this change in axis, the tomb was actually built for Setnakht, who apparently abandoned the work at this point.
		However, the side chambers were added by Ramesses III, and are decorated with unique secular scenes, including paintings of the royal armory, representations of boats, and the famous blind harpists.
		Scenes from the Amduat are found in the corridor leading from the offset, while standard divine scenes decorate the ritual shaft.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/ramesses3t.htm (700 words)

	(Ramses III* OF EGYPT - AEthelred I OF ENGLAND ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ramses III* OF EGYPT (____ - 1154 BC)
		Ramses XI* OF EGYPT (Pharoah) (____ - 1069 BC)
		Shoshenk III* OF EGYPT (Pharoah) (____ - ____)
	www.afn.org /~lawson/index/ind0451.html (232 words)

	Ramses III Against the Peoples of the Sea
		During the first half of the twelfth century B.C. the bronze-age civilization of the eastern Mediterranean came to an abrupt end.
		They accompany and explain scenes of the fighting between the Egyptians and the sea peoples both on land somewhere in Palestine and on sea near the Nile delta.
		There is pierced the heart of whom he may have wished; and the fugitive is become one fallen into the water (one scene shows capsized boats, drowning Peoples of the Sea, and Ramesses III shooting with unerring arrows).
	www6.tltc.ttu.edu /forsythe/ram3.htm (910 words)

	AllRefer.com - Tiy, queen of ancient Egypt, wife of Ramses III (Ancient History, Egypt, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Tiy, queen of ancient Egypt, wife of Ramses III, Ancient History, Egypt, Biographies
		B.C., queen of ancient Egypt, wife of Ramses III (see under Ramses).
		To gain the throne for her son, Pentewere, she led a palace conspiracy to displace her aging husband.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Tiy2.html (194 words)

	KV 11 (Rameses III) - Theban Mapping Project
		The entrance, the first two corridors and the first chamber orignally bore the names of Setnakht, but were re-inscribed for Rameses III, for whom the remainder of the tomb was decorated as well.
		There are unique representations in the subsidiary chambers (Ba, Bb, Cg, Ch) off the first two corridors dealing with such activities as food preparation and provision, burial equipment and illustrations of Book of the Dead spells.
		The tomb was subsequently completed by Ramesses III, who added the side chambers to corridor C and finished the tomb through chamber L. After his burial was disturbed, the mummy was reburied in the cache in TT 320, and discovered in 1881.
	www.thebanmappingproject.com /sites/browse_tomb_825.html (604 words)

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