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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 74. Chapters: Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, Ramesses III, Ahmose I, Amenhotep III, Thutmose I, Seti I, Tutankhamun's mummy, Animal mummy, Gebelein predynastic mummies, Thutmose II, Seqenenre Tao II, Thutmose IV, Yuya, Merneptah, Ramesses IX, Mutnedjmet, Hornedjitef, Pinedjem I, Iufaa, Tjuyu, Ramesses V, Mutbenret, Meresamun, Ahmose-Henuttamehu, Ahmose Inhapy, Sitdjehuti, Ahmose-Sitkamose, Pinedjem II, Ahmose-Sitamun, Nesyamun, Nauny, Maatkare Mutemhat, Ahmose Sapair, Usermontu, Ahmose-Meritamon, Nesitanebetashru, Tiaa, Amenemopet, Nebetia, Ahmose-Henutemipet, Qar, Tchaenhotep, Pyhia, Amenemhat, Lady Rai, Siamun, Ahmose-Tumerisy, Webensenu. Excerpt: Ramesses II (c. 1303 BC - July or August 1213 BC; Egyptian: , alternatively transcribed as Rameses and Ramses or ), referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh (reigned 1279 BC - 1213 BC) of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire. His successors and later Egyptians called him the "Great Ancestor." Ramesses II led several military expeditions into the Levant, re-asserting Egyptian control over Canaan. He also led expeditions to the south, into Nubia, commemorated in inscriptions at Beit el-Wali and Gerf Hussein. At age fourteen, Ramesses was appointed Prince Regent by his father Seti I. He is believed to have taken the throne in his late teens and is known to have ruled Egypt from 1279 BC to 1213 BC for a total of 66 years and 2 months, according to both Manetho and Egypt's contemporary historical records. He was once said to have lived to be 99 years old, but it is more likely that he died in his 90th or 91st year. If he became Pharaoh in 1279 BC as most Egyptologists today believe, he would have assumed the throne on May 31, 1279 BC, based on his known accession date of III...
