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Ramses
Ramesses II led several military expeditions into the
Levant, reasserting Egyptian control over
Canaan. He also led expeditions to the south, into
Nubia, commemorated in inscriptions at
Beit el-Wali and
Gerf Hussein. The early part of his reign was focused on building cities, temples, and monuments. He established the city of
Pi-Ramesses in the
Nile Delta as his new capital and used it as the main base for his campaigns in
Syria. At fourteen, he was appointed
prince regent by his father,
Seti I.
[8] He is believed to have taken the throne in his late teens and is known to have ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1213 BC.
[11] Manetho attributes Ramesses II a reign of 66 years and 2 months; most Egyptologists today believe he assumed the throne on May 31, 1279 BC, based on his known accession date of III
Season of the Harvest, day 27.
[12][13] Estimates of his age at death vary; 90 or 91 is considered most likely.
[14][15] Ramesses II celebrated an unprecedented fourteen
Sed festivals (the first held after 30 years of a pharaoh's reign, and then, every three years) during his reign—more than any other pharaoh.
[16] On his death, he was buried in
a tomb in the
Valley of the Kings;
[17] his body was later moved to a
royal cache where it was discovered in 1881, and is now on display in the
Egyptian Museum.
[18]
