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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Ramses Ii Of Egypt Pharaoh Of Egypt Note Born: at Abt. 1302 BC , , Thebes, Egypt Married: Died: at Abt. 1213 BC , , Thebes, Egypt Other Spouses: Nofretari Of Egypt
Istnofret Of Egypt
Maetnefrure Of Khatti Princess Of Khatti
Nebt-tawya
Nefertari
Father: Seti I Of Egypt Pharaoh Of Egypt Mother: Tuya Of Egypt
WIFE
Name: Born: Died: Father: Mother:
CHILDREN
Name: Isetnofret Of Egypt Born: at Thebes, , , Egypt Died: Husband: Merenptah Of Egypt Pharoah Of Egypt
Name: Ramesses Nebweben Of Egypt Born: at Thebes, , , Egypt Died:
NOTES
1). Ramses II reigned 1279 1212 BC , ancient Egyptian k i n g , t hird ruler of the 19th Dynasty, the son of Set i I . Du ri ng t he early part of his reign Ramses fought t o re gai n th e terr itory in Africa and western Asia tha t Egyp t ha d hel d durin gthe 16th and 15th centuries BC . His pr incip al opp onents w ere the Hittites, a powerfu l people o f Asi a Minor , agains t whom he waged a long wa r. The majo r batt le of th is war wa s fought in 1274 at K adesh, in no rther n Syria, an d was hail edby Ramses a s a great triump h. Nei ther power a chieved a c onclusiv e victory, however , and i n 1258 BC a tr eaty was sig ne d whereby the contest ed land s were divided a nd Ramses ag r eed to marry the dau ghter o f the Hittite king . The rem aining years of his ru le wer e distinguished by th e cons tructio n of such monume nts a s the rock hewn temple o f A bu Simbel , the great hyp ostyl e hall in the Temple of A m on at Karnak , and the mor tuar y temple at Thebes, know n a s the Ramesseum . Source Rams es II, Microsoft R E ncarta R 98 Encyclope dia . c 1993 1997 Microsoft Corp oration . All rights reser v ed. Abu Simbel, sit e of two t emples in southe rn E gypt, o n the Nile River , south of Aswa n. The temple s were c arve d into a sandst one cliff about 12 50 BC durin g the reig n o f Ramses II . The interior of the l arger tem ple is more t h an 55 m about 180 ft in depth an d consis ts of a serie s o f hall s and chambers leading t o a centra l sanctuary. T his t em ple was dedicated by Ramse s II to t he chief gods o f Heli o polis, Memphis, and Thebes . It i s oriented so tha t th e ray s of the rising sun illumi nat e the statues of t h e three god s and of Ramses II in t h e innermost sanctua ry . The smalle rtemple was dedicate d b y Ramses to his q ueen , Nefertari, a nd to the goddes s Hatho r. The facad e of th e larger temple h as four sitti ng statue s of Rams es II, ea ch more than 20 m about 65 f t in heigh t. Sma ller statue s of Ramses II, Nefer tari, a nd their chil dre n adorn the f acade of Nefertari s te mple . The larger t e mple has numero us inscriptions and relie f s, some of th em o f unusual hist orical interest. A serie s o f relief s depict s the battle b etween the Egyptians an d th eHitt ites at Kad esh. Two of t he large sitting statu es of R am ses have inscr iptions in G reek dating from th e 6th centu r y BC. They wer e written b y Greek mercenary s oldiers an d ar e among the ea rliest dat ed Greek inscripti ons. Th e temples ,the most imp ortant mo numents of ancien t Nubi a, were unkno wn to the Wes t unti l 1812, when the y wer e discovered by th e Swiss explo rer J ohann Ludwig Bu rckh ardt. In 1964 an inter national pro jec t was begun t o sav e the temples from inundat ion by Lak e N asser, the r eser voir of the Aswan High Dam. I n a remark ab le engineer in g feat, the temples were cut apar t and, i n 1 968, reass e mbled on a site 64 m 210 ft above t he rive r . Sourc e Abu Simbel, Microsoft R Encarta R 9 8 Encyc l opedi a . c 1993 1997 Microsoft Corporation. All ri ght s re se rv ed. The son of Seti I and Queen Tuya w a s t h e t hird king of the 19th Dynasty. Called Ramesse s t h e Grea t , he lived to be 96 years old, had 200 wive s an d con cubi n es, 96 sons and 60 daughters. One son, Pr ince K ha m wa s , w as a high priest of Ptah, governor o f Memphis , and w a s i n charge of the restoration of th e Pyramid o f Unas . Thi s s on was buried in The Serapeum . Ramesses I I outli ved th e fi rst thirteen of his heirs . Ramesses wa s name d co rule r wit h his father, Seti I , early in his li fe. H e accompanie d hi s father on numer ous campaigns in Li by a and Nubia. At t h e age of 22 Rame sses went on a campai g n in Nubia with t w o of hisown so ns. Seti I and Ramess e s built a palace i n Av aris wher e Ramesses I had start e d a new capital. Whe n Set i I die d in 1290 B.C., Ramess e s assumed the throne an d beg a n a series of wars agains t t he Syrians. The famous B at tle o f Kadeshis inscribe d on t he walls of Ramesses tem p le. Ramesses building accomplishments are two temple s a t A b u S imbel, the hypostyle hall at Karnak, a mortua ry c ompl e x a t Abydos, the Colossus of Ramesses at Memph is , a vas t t om b at Thebes, additions at the Luxor Templ e , and th e famo u s Ramesseum. Among Ramesses wives wer e N efertari , Quee n Is tnofret, his two daughters, Bintha nat h and Mery tamon , and t he Hittite princess, Maathorne frur e. Ramesse s was o riginall y buried in the Valley o f the K ings. Becau se of th e widespr eadlooting of tomb s durin g the 21st Dyn asty th e priests re moved Ramesse s body an d took it to a h olding a rea where th e valuabl e material s such, as gold le af and se mi precious i nlays , were remo ved. The body was t hen rewrap ped and take n t othe tomb o f an 18th Dynasty qu een, Inhapi . The bodi e s of Ramesse s I and Seti I were don e in like fa shion a nd al l ended u p at the same place. Ame nhotep I s bo dy h ad been p lace d there as well at an earli er time. Seven t y two hours l a ter,all of the bodies wer e again moved, t h is time to t h e Royal Cache that was insi de the tomb o f Hig h Priest P inud jem II. The priests docum ented all o f this o n the li nen tha t covered the bodies. T his syst ematic loo ting b y the prie sts was done in the g uise o f protecting th e bo dies from th e common thieves . Sour ce www.touregypt. ne t S o proud was Ramess es I I of his extensive p r ogeny that it wo uld be wrong t o om it all reference to t h e long enumeration s of hisson s a nd daughters to be rea d o n the walls of hi s temples . A t Wady es Sebua in Lowe r Nubi a over a hundred p rince s an d princesses were named , but th e many lacunae ma k e it imp ossible to compute th e exact fig ure. From seve ral t emple s itis clear that th e eldest so n was Amenhiw enamef, b u t his mother is unknow n and he evid ently die d early. It w i ll be recalled tha t Sethos I Set i I pro vided his youth fu l co regent wit h a large number o f con cubines, and thes e wi ll have bee n responsible for th e v ast majority of chi ldre n about wh om nothing more is he a rd. The most highly h onore d were n aturally those bor n to R amesses II by his su ccessiv e Kin g s Great Wives . Queen Isi nofre was the mothe r of fou r w ho weredepict ed together wi th her and her hus band. For e most among th em is Ramesse, a t a given moment t he crow n pri nce, bu t it was his younge r brother Merenptah , th e thirteen t h in the Ramesseum list , who survived to s ucc eed his fat he r. Another son who perh aps never had pret en sions to t he thr one was Kha emwise, th e high priest se t em of Pt ah at Memp his. He gained grea t celebrity a s a l earned m an and magicia n, and was remembe red right d own t o Graec o Roman times. I t was doubtless i n that capa city t hat h e was charged with t he organizatio n of his fa ther s ear liest Sed festivals fro m the firs t I year 30 d own t o th e fifth in year 42. Ramesse s II live d to celebr ate tw el ve or even thirteen in all. A d aughte r of Isinof re, w h o bore the Syrian name of Bint anat , is o f interes t f o r a special reason she received the tit le Ki ng s Gr ea t W ife during her father s lifetime. We canno t ov erlo o k th e likelihood that she served at least temporar i l y a shi s companion. Even more frequent are the referen c e s t o Que en Nofretari mery en Mut, the Naptera of an a lre a d y menti oned Baghazkoy letter. She is familiar to E gypt olo gi sts a s the owner of the magnificently painte d tom b in th e V all ey of the Queens on the west of Thebe s. Thi s hencefo rt h , the burial place of many females o f the Ra messide roy a l f amily. Ramesses II himself ha d a tomb a t Biban el Mol u k n o doubt once as large and f ine as tha t of Sethos I, b u t no w closed owing to its da ngerous con dition. The grea t k ing s mummy suffered a fa te similar t o that of so man y o f his p redecessors, fina lly finding i ts way to the cac he a t Der el Bahri. Unti l moved to th e mausoleum at Cairo , hi s corpse c ould sti ll be seen a s that of a shrivelled up ol d man wit h a lo ng narrow fac e, massive jaw, and prom inen t nose, cons pi cuous also fo r his admirably well prese rve d teeth. Sourc e www.toureg ypt.netRamses II reigned 1 279 1212 BC , a ncien t Egyptian king, third ruler ofthe 19 th Dy nasty, t h e son o f Set i I. During the early part o f his re ignRa mses fough t t o regain the territory in A fri ca and we st ern Asia th atEgyp t had held during the 16th an d 15th ce n turies BC . His princ ipa lopponents were the Hit tites , a po werfu l people of Asi a Minor, againstwhom he wa ge d a long w a r . The major battl e of this war was foug h t in 1274at Kad e sh, in northern Syri a, and was hail e d b y Ramses as a gr e attriumph. Neither pow er achieve d a conc lusive victory , ho wever, and in12 58 B C a treat y was sign ed whereby th e cont ested lands were divi ded a ndRamses agr eed to mar r y the da ughter of the Hittit e k ing. The remai ningyear s of his rul e were distinguishe d b y th e construc tion o f suchmonument s as the rock hew n templ e of Abu Simb el, t he great hyposty le ha llin th e Temple o f Amon at Kar nak , and the mortuar y temple a t Thebes, knowna s the Rames se um. Source Ramse s II, M icrosoft R Encarta R 98 Enc y clopedia. c 1993 19 97 Mi crosoft Corporat ion. Al l righ t s reserved. Ab u Simbel, site of two templ e s i n southern Egypt, on t h e Nile River, south of Aswan . T h e temp les were carve d int o a sandstone cliff abou t 1250 B C during thereig n of Ramse s II. The interi or o f the la rge r temple ismo re than 5 5 m about 180 ft in d epth an d consi sts o f a series o f h allsand chambers lead ing t o a centra l s anctuary. This temp le was dedicated by Ramse s II t o t h e chief gods ofHeliopo lis, Memphis, an d Thebe s. It is orien ted so that the rays o f the ri sin g sun illu minat e the stat ues of thethree god s and of Ram ses II in t h e innermost sanc tuary . The smalle rtemple wa s dedicat e d by Ramses to his qu een, Nefertari, a nd to th egoddes s Ha thor . The facade of th e larger templ e has fo ur sit ting s tatuesof Ramses II, eac h more than 2 0 m ab out 6 5 ft i n height. Smallerstatues o f Ramses II , Nefer tari , and the ir children adorn th e facad e ofNefert aris te mple. The l arger temple has numerous insc ription s an dre liefs, som e o f them of unusual historical in tere s t . A series of re liefsdepicts the battle between th e E gy p t ians and the Hi ttites at Kadesh. Twoof the larg e sitt i ng s tatuesof Rams es have inscription s in Gree k dating fro m th e 6th centur y BC. They were written by G reek merc enar y sol diersand a r e among the earliest date d Greek in scripti ons . The temp les, the most important m onuments o f ancient N ub ia, wer e unknownto the West unti l 181 2, wh en they were d i scover ed by the Swiss explore rJohann Ludw ig Burckhardt . I n 196 4 an intern ational pr oject was beg un tosave the t empl e s from inundation by L ake Nasser, th e reservoir o f t heAs w an High Dam.In a r emarkable engin eering feat, the te mpl e s were cutapart a nd, in 1968 , re assembled on a sit e 6 4 m 210 ft abov e the river. Sourc e Abu Simbel, Mi cros oft R Encarta R 98 Encyclopedia . c 1993 1997 Micro sof t Corpor a tio n. All rights reserv ed. The so n o f Seti I a n d Queen Tuya was the t hird king of the 19t h Dyn asty.Ca lle d Ramesses the G reat , he lived to be 96 y ears o ld , had 20 0 wives andconcubin es, 96 sons and 60 dau ghter s . On e son , Prince Kha m was , was ahigh priest of P tah , go vernor of M emphis, and wa s in charge o f therestor a tion o f the Pyrami d of Unas. T his son was buried in T h e Serapeum .Ramesses I I outl ive d the first thirteen o f hi s heirs. Ra messes was n amedco ruler withhis father , Set i I, ear ly i n his life. H e ac companied hisfathe r on nume rous campaign s in Libya an d N ubia. At the a g e of 22Rames ses went o n a campaign in N u bia with tw o of his own sons . Seti I and Ramesses bui l t a p alace i n Avaris where Rame sses I had st arted a ne wcapital . Whe n Seti I died in 129 0 B.C. , Ramess es assum ed the thro n e andbegan a series o f wars against th e Syri ans. The fam ou s Battl e of Kadeshi s inscribed on th e wal ls of Rames ses te mple. Ramesses building accomplishments are two temple s a t A b u S imbel, thehypostyle hall at Karnak , a mortua ry c ompl e x a t Abydos, the Colossus ofRamesses at Memphi s , a vas t to mb a t Thebes, ad ditions at the LuxorTempl e , and th e famou s Ram esseum. Among Ramesses wives wer e N efertari, Qu een I stnofr et, his two daughters, Bintha nat h and Meryt amon, an d theHit tite princess, Maathorn e frur e. Ramesse s was origi nally bur ied in theValley of t he Ki ngs. Becaus e of the wid esprea d looting of tombs d uringt he 21st Dyna sty the pries ts remo ved Ramesses bod y and to ok it to ahol d ing area whe re the v aluable mate rials suc h, as gold lea f andsemi preci ous inlay s, wer e remove d . The body was th en rewrapped an d takento t h etomb of a n 18th Dynasty quee n, Inhapi. The b od ies o f Ra messes Ia nd Seti I were don e in like fashion a nd al l ende d up a t the same place.Ame n hotep I s body ha d be en place d the re as well at an earl ier time.Seventy t w o hours later , a ll of the bodies wer e again moved, th is t ime tothe Roy a l Cache that was insid e the tomb of H ig h Pr iest Pinudj em I I. Thepriests docume nted all of t his on th e linen th at cove red the bodies . T hissystemat ic looting b y the pr iests wa s donein the guis e of prot ectingthe bodie s fr o m the comm on thieves. Sou rce ww w.touregypt.net So proud w as Ramesses I I of h is extensive proge n y that it would be wr ongto omi t al l referenc e to the l on g enumerations of his s ons an d d aughtersto be read o n th e walls of his temples . A t Wa d y es Sebua in Lower N ubiaov er a hundred princes an d pri n cesses were named, bu t the ma n y lacunaemake it impos s ibl e to compute the exa ct figure . From several temples i t i s clear tha t the eld est son wa s Amenhiwenamef, but h i s mot her is unknownan d he evidentl y died early. I t wi l l be reca lled that Set hos I Seti I p rovided his youth fu l co regen t with a lar ge numbe r of con cubines, andth es e will have be en respon sible for the vas t majority o f chi ldren aboutw ho m nothi ng more is heard. T he most h ighly h onored were natur all y thoseborn to Ramesse s I I b y his su ccessive King s Gr e at Wives. Queen Isinofr e was the mothe r of four who wer e dep ictedt ogether wit h he r and herhus band. Foremost a mong the m is Ramesse, a t a giv en moment t he crownp rince , but it wa s his young er brothe r Merenptah , the thirteen th in theRames seum li st, who su r vived to s ucceed his fa ther. Another so n wh operhaps neve r had prete nsions to th e throne was K ha e mwise, thehigh p riest set em of Pta h at Memphis. He g aine d great celebrit y as alea rned m a n and magician, an d was re membered righ t down t o Graeco Romantimes. It wa s doubtles s in tha t cap acity t hat he w as charged wit h theorganizatio n of his fath er s e arlies t Sed festival s fr om the firs t I year30 dow n to th e fif th in year 42 . Ramesses II live d to celebrat e twelv e or e ven thirtee n in all. A daughter o f Isinofre ,who bo r e the Syrian n ame ofBint anat, is of int e rest fo r a sp e cial reason she received the titleKing s G reat Wif e du ri ng her fa ther s lifeti me. We cannot overloo k thelik el iho od tha t she served at least temporarily as hi s compa n ion. E v enmore frequent are the references to Quee n Nof ret ar i m ery en Mut, theNaptera of an alread y mention e d Bagha z k oy letter. She is familiar toEgyptologists a s th e ow n e r of the magnificent ly painted tomb in theVal le y o f th e Q ueenson the west of Thebes. This hencefort h , thebur ia l p lace of many females of the Ramesside ro ya l family . R amess es IIhimself had a tomb at Biban e l Mol uk no dou bt on ce a s large and fine asthat of Setho s I, b ut now clo sed owi n g to its dange rous condition . Thegrea t king s mu mmy suff e red a fate similar to tha t of so man y of hispred ec essor s , finally finding its w ay to the ca che at Der el Bahri. U nt ilmoved to the maus oleum a t Cai ro, his corps e could sti l l be seen as that of a shrivelle d up old man w ith a long n ar ro w face, ma ssive jaw, andp rominent nose , conspicuous a ls o for hi s admirably well p reserved tee t h. 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