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Also Known As Ramesses II • Rameses II • Ramses the Great
Flourished 1300 BCE - 1200 BCE
Title / Office king (1279BC-1213BC), Egypt
Founder Pithom
Role In Battle of Kadesh

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Ramses II
Memphis, Egypt: colossal statue of Ramses II
Ramses II
Ramses II making an offering to Horus
cartouche of Ramses II
Battle of Kadesh
Luxor: temple complex
Aswān, Egypt: Ramses II statue at Abu Simbel temple
Ramses II
Temple of Wadi al-Subūʿ
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