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	Ramses II
		Ramses II Ramses II (also known as Ramses the Great and Ramesses II) was an Egyptian pharaoh (lived c.
		Ramses led several expeditions north into the lands east of the Mediterranean (the location of the modern Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria).
		Ramses was indeed a strong believer in the work of those living in Deir el Medina.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/r/ra/ramses_ii.html

	Ramses II
		Ramses II built so many monuments in Egypt that one ancient source said, " He has made his monuments like the stars of the heavens." Over 40 million dollars were spent to save them from the rising waters of the Nile River.
		Ramses II Ramses II was the greatest pharaoh of Egypt.
		After campaigns against the Hittites, Ramses II made a treaty with the Hittites, and married a Hittite princess.
	library.thinkquest.org /J002589/RamsesII.shtml

	Ramses 2
		1283: Peace treaty with the Hittites, and Ramses marries the daughter of the Hittite king.
		Ramses 2 is remembered through some of the most exquisite monuments in Egypt.
		1294: After suppressing the unrest in Egypt, Ramses 2 can resume the actions against the Hittites.
	i-cias.com /e.o/ramses_2.htm

	Ramesses II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses the Great and alternatively transcribed as Ramses and Rameses) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty.
		Mummy of Ramesses II Ramesses led several expeditions north into the lands east of the Mediterranean (the location of the modern Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria).
		The writer Terence Gray stated in 1923 that Ramesses II had as many as 200 sons and 200 daughters; more recent scholars, however, believe his offspring, while numerous, were far fewer, somewhere around 90.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ramses_II

	TEMPLE OF RAMSES II
		Ramses II was an ancient Egyptian king, third ruler of the 19th Dynasty, the son of Seti I. During the early part of his reign Ramses fought to regain the territory in Africa and western Asia that Egypt had held during the 16th and 15th centuries BC.
		The major battle of this war was fought in 1274 at Kadesh, in northern Syria, and in 1258 BC a treaty was signed whereby the contested lands were divided and Ramses agreed to marry the daughter of the Hittite king.
		The remaining years of his rule were distinguished by construction of such monuments as the rock-hewn temple of Abu Simbel, the great hypostyle hall in the Temple of Amon at Karnak, and the mortuary temple at Thebes, known as the Ramesseum.
	www.sangha.net /messengers/Ramses-II.htm

	Ramses II
		Ramses died at the age of ninety-six, quite old for those day and people of his status, and was buried in the famous Valley of Kings.
		Ramses mother Tuya stepped down from her role as queen and took on the new role as King’s mother, in which she acted as his advisor.
		Ramses became co-ruler beside his father when he was still very young traveling around with his father to learn his future place as pharaoh.
	www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b1ramses.htm

	The Pharaohs Network - Ramses II
		Ramses II was pharaoh from 1290 to 1224 B.C. He was the son of Seti, who Ramses ruled with for a few years.
		Ramses II Throughout most of its history, ancient Egypt was ruled by kings.
		Ramses’ mummified body was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
	www.thepharaohs.net /pharaohs/RamsesII.cfm

	Ramses II (19th Dynasty)
		Under Ramses II the royal residence and administrative center was moved to a city in the north-east part of the Delta, called Per-Ramesse, where a military base was established, suitable for marshalling large bodies of infantry and chariotry.
		In the fifth year of his reign Ramses II set out at the head of four armies against a powerful coalition of Asiatic people assembled by the Hittite King Mutawallis, and continued his father's (Seti I) attempts to regain Egypt's holdings in northern Syria.
		Thereafter cordial relations were maintained between the two powers and Ramses married the eldest daughter of Hattusilis in a ceremony widely announced as a symbol of peace and brotherhood.
	www.homestead.com /wysinger/ramessesII.html

	Ramsesses II, temple of millions of years, Thebes
		Ramses II was still very young when he acceded to the throne after a brief co-regency beside his father Sethos I. Once crowned, he was to achieve projects as large as his ambitions.
		Its first aim is to help the scientists so that the house of millions of years of Ramses II might recover all it's importance from an architectural point of view, and reveal, thanks to a systematic exploration, not only the key of its functioning but also the stages of its long history.
		This monument must also be considered as a memorial in which all the great actions of the life of Ramses II are collected and materialized and which sets up his perfect symbiosis with Maât.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Gerard_Flament/ram_eng.htm

	King Ramses II
		The best portrait of Ramses II is a fine statue of him as a young man, now in the Turin museum; his mummy, preserved in a mausoleum at Cairo, is that of a very old man with a long narrow face, prominent nose, and massive jaw.
		One measure of Egypt's prosperity is the amount of temple building the kings could afford to carry out, and on that basis the reign of Ramses II is the most notable in Egyptian history, even making allowance for its great length.
		Ramses also completed his father's funerary temple on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor (Thebes) and built one for himself, which is now known as the Ramesseum.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/2815/ramses.html

	Ramses II
		Ramses II (1279-1212 BC) was an ancient Egyptian King, third ruler of the 19th Dynasty, and the son of Seti I. According to tradition, he was the Pharaoh of Egypt in the biblical Exodus story.
		In 1995 his family mausoleum was discovered, the largest tomb ever found in Egypt in which the sons of Ramses II were buried.
		The major battle of this war was fought in 1274 BC at Kadesh, in northern Syria, and showed Ramses as the winner Neither power achieved a conclusive victory, however, in 1258 BC a treaty was signed whereby the contested lands were divided and Ramses agreed to marry the daughter of the Hittite king.
	www.aldokkan.com /egypt/ramses.htm

	Egyptian Statues and Reliefs: King Narmer, Ramses II, Pyramid of the Gods
		Ramses II was the son of Seti I and was crowned Pharaoh in 1290 b.c.
		This bust, from a seated statue of Ramses II, is a portrait of the young King in which grace and grandeur are intermixed.
		Ramses II had many wives but the first and favorite chief Queen was Nefertari.
	www.rainbowcrystal.com /atext/egypt14.html

	Ramses II - The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
		Ramses II was a prolific ruler that fought to reclaim territory in Africa and Western Asia.
		Ramses II was born to Queen Tuy and his father Sety I. He was given the throne at the age of about 20 and ruled for 67 years.
		Ramses II tried to keep the newly acquired territory, today it is known as Syria, but lost the battle along with one of his opponents - the Hittites.
	www.kingtutone.com /pharaohs/ramses2

	Ramses the Great
		Ramses was the son of Seti I and Queen Tuya.
		Ramses also ordered that accounts of the battle be written on the walls of many temples.
		In the fifth year of Ramses' rule, a great battle between the Egyptians and the Hittites occurred outside the walled city of Kadesh.
	www.harcourtschool.com /activity/biographies/ramses

	The Asiatic Campaigning of Ramses II
		The wars exhausted both the Hittites and the Egyptians and in the 21st year of the reign of Ramses II (c.1283) they concluded a peace treaty [1], which fixed the border between the two empires south of Kadesh in Syria.
		The Asiatic Campaigning of Ramses II The Egyptians invested little effort in defending their sphere of influence in the Middle East under Akhenaten and his 18th dynasty successors.
		The Asiatic Campaigning of Ramses II Ancient Egyptian history: The Asiatic campaigning of Ramses II
	www.reshafim.org.il /ad/egypt/ramesisII_inscriptions.htm

	Ramses II Obelisk
		Abu Simbel, with their four colossal statues of Ramses II, is the most magnificent and the best known.
		Provenance: Ramses II is one of the greatest pharaohs in Ancient Egypt, and also called "Ramses the Great".
		The obelisk in front of the Pylon, left side is the "Ramses II Obelisk".
	members.aol.com /Sokamoto31/ramses.htm

	Ramesses II
		Ramesses II Ramses II Pharaoh of Dynasty XIX
		Ramses II, who was also known as Ramses the Great, lived for 96 years.
		Early in his life, Ramses II went on numerous campaigns, one of which has been detailed in the poem of Pentaur.
	emuseum.mnsu.edu /prehistory/egypt/history/people/ramesses.html

	Ramses 2
		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 II was a contemporary of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, also known as Hattusilis whose father was Nabonidus, also known as Mursilis of the so-called Hittite empire.
		We recall that Seti the Great/Psammetichus, father of Ramses II/Necho II [5500] was an admirer of the Greeks.
	www.specialtyinterests.net /ramses2.html

	Ramses II
		Ramses did eventually settle his dispute with the Hitites by treaty and by marrying one of the Hitite princesses.
		Ramses is believed to be the Pharoah mentioned in the Biblical story of the Exodus.
		Ramses frequently used his temples propagandize his role as a successful military leader.
	ehistory.osu.edu /middleeast/PeopleView.cfm?PID=329

	Marriage Stela of Ramses II and its Chronological Ramifications
		The Marriage Stele of Ramses II and its Chronological Ramifications
		Ramses III does also not mention Israel in his annals but he uses an occasional Hebrew word in his inscriptions at Medinet Habu for features Egyptian words were handy enough, indicating late period for Egypt.
		Ramses was in love with his favourite queen Nefertari, but that didn't stop him of dreaming to add another wife to his harem.
	www.specialtyinterests.net /marriage.html

	Egypte onderzoekt of Ramses II de farao is uit de Exodus - Archeonet
		Egyptische archeologen gaan de mummie van farao Ramses II (1279-1213 BCE) onderzoeken om uit te zoeken of hij de farao van Egypte was ten tijde van de exodus van de joden uit Egypte.
		Onlangs werd de mummie van Toetanchamon gescand, en nu is het de beurt aan Ramses II, zo citeerde MENA de secretaris-generaal van de Hoge Raad voor Antiquiteiten, Zahi Hawass.
		Egypte onderzoekt of Ramses II de farao is uit de Exodus
	www.archeonet.nl /index.php?itemid=4907&catid=33

	Temple of King Ramses II
		Ramses II, who ruled Egypt for 66 years from 1270 to 1213 BC (about 50 years after the death of
		Four colossal statues of Ramses, each 66 feet (22 meters) high, guard the entrance to the temple.
		A second temple at Abu Simbel is dedicated to Nefartari, who appears to have been Ramses' favorite wife.
	wysinger.homestead.com /ancientafrica7.html

	Ramses II: The Battle of Kadesh
		Ramses II reasserted the royal power in this domain and brought about a rapprochement between Egypt and Hatti which culminated in the signing of a peace treaty.
		Ramses described the campaign as a splendid victory, while in reality Kadesh remained in Hittite hands, Amurru fell to the Hittites and the Egyptian losses were substantial.
		Ramses reorganized his forces and the Hittites escaped being surrounded by the Egyptians by retreating towards Kadesh.
	www.reshafim.org.il /ad/egypt/ramseskadeshcampaign.htm

	Ramesses II: Anatomy of a Pharaoh: An Introduction
		Tuya was not one of Seti I's major wives, and therefore Ramesses II was probably not given the training of a king from an early age (or as Ramesses II states, "from the egg").
		While Ramesses II was certainly not a typical Egyptian pharaoh, far various reasons we know a great deal about him, and exploring his life in detail should provide readers with a better understanding of all the rulers of ancient Egypt.
		However, somewhat of a consensus among Egyptologists seems to be that Ramesses II simply did what Egyptian pharaohs were suppose to do, though he had a longer period of time than average to do so.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/ramesses2intro.htm

	Ramses II
		Ramses II was een tijdgenoot van koning Salmanassar I, Achab van Salmanassar III.
		Bijna iedereen denkt dat Mozes in de tijd van Ramses II leefde, hoewel Ramses nergens in de Bijbel wordt genoemd.
		Als Samaria in de tijd van Ramses II al bestond, mogen we verwachten dat de naam ervan ergens genoemd wordt; de stad kan zelfs door Ramses zelf gesticht zijn.
	home-3.tiscali.nl /~meester7/kadesj.html

	Ramses on Encyclopedia.com
		The last year of Ramses III was darkened by the conspiracy of his wife Tiy.
		La statue de Ramses II près de la gare centrale du Caire en 1997 La statue colossale de granit rose de Ramsès II, l'un des.
		The XX dynasty continued to be ruled by kings with the name Ramses, but little of significance occurred during their reigns.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/Ramses.asp

	PBS - Egypt's Golden Empire
		Ramesses II was determined to prevent the Hittites, an old enemy of Egypt, from stealing the empire’s position of influence.
		Ramesses II became the greatest pharaoh of the New Kingdom – though mostly through a reputation built from his own propaganda.
		Military prowess had won the family its place on the throne and it would be through warfare that the young Ramesses would have to prove himself.
	www.pbs.org /empires/egypt/ramesses.html

	Egypt: Ramses the Great, The Pharaoh Who Made Peace with his Enemies And the First Peace Treaty in History
		During the next 46 regal years of Ramses II, peace continued and the treaty was respected until the fall of the Hittite Empire.
		Hattusili had send but one handicapped slave as a gift, while Ramses had sent a number of physicians who were in high demand worldwide, along with a substantial quantity of herbs.
		Ramses greeted him at Canaan and escorted him to Pi-Ramses, where perhaps the world first summit meeting took place.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/treaty.htm

	Ramses II
		More than a hundred years later Ramses II placed two of his own stelae on the sidewalls of the shrine and added his name to the statue of Amenhotep II.
		Scott is holding several eight by ten glossy's of what appears to be an Egyptian mummy, Ramses II laying in it's Sarcophagus with the dead body of Dr. Graham London laying next to it.
		Seems the people in Mt. Shasta Village are claiming they have seen Ramses II on more than one occasion.
	www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/2197/RAMSES1.HTM

	CNN - Egyptologists stumble upon huge Ramses II statue - August 6, 1996
		Some archaeologists believe Ramses II reigned around 1200 B.C. -- almost 1,400 years after Mycerinos' pyramid was built in 2600 B.C. By the Ramses II era, the kingdom's capital had moved south to Memphis, where several monuments to the megalomaniac king, immortalized in the P.B. Shelley poem "Ozymandias," have been discovered.
		Over Ramses II's 67-year rule, he built more monuments and major statues than any other Egyptian king.
		"Ramses was a preserver and restorer of the Sphinx, and that explains to us the unique form of the statue which shows Ramses as the pharaoh and then with the disk of the sun as the god Re-Harakhti of the Giza Plateau," Hassan added.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/9608/05/egypt.statue/index.html

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