ramses

     

Ramesses (also commonly spelle "Ramses" pronounced /ˈræmsiːz/ or "Rameses" /ˈræməsiːz/) is the name conventionally given in English transliteration to eleven Egyptian pharaohs of the later New Kingdom period. The name essentially translates as "Born of the sun-god Ra".

Trivia about ramses

  • The first pharaoh of this name ruled around 1293 B.C.
  • "Great" pharaoh (6)
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a cartouche on the monitor.) In the cartouche seen here, the circle stands for the sun god Ra, the pillar the city of Heliopolis, the three fox skins represent the letters "M" & "S" & the staff means ruler; together, they denote this pharaoh, ruler of Heliopolis
  • Tut's tomb was protected from robbers by rubble from the building of the tomb of the 4th pharaoh with this name
  • "I built the temples of Abu Simbel, but what I'd like is to outlive my first dozen heirs & be preserved in a Cairo museum"

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