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Ramses III, Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh

Painted relief of Ramses III offering incense, Valley of the Kings. Usimare Ramesses III was the second Pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty and is considered to be the last New Kingdom king to wield any substantial authority over Egypt. His long reign saw the decline of Egyptian political and economic power, linked to a series of invasions and internal economic problems. Ramesses III was the son of Setnakhte and Queen Tiy-Merenese. He began the reconstruction of the Temple of Khonsu at Karnak from the foundations of an earlier temple of Amenhotep III and completed the Temple of Medinet Habu around his Year 12. He decorated the walls of his Medinet Habu temple with scenes of his Naval and Land battles against the Sea Peoples. This monument stands today as one of the best-preserved temples of the New Kingdom. He was murdered by an assassin in a conspiracy led by one of his secondary wives, Tiye, and her son Pentaweret.

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Ramses III, Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh

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Painted relief of Ramses III offering incense, Valley of the Kings. Usimare Ramesses III was the second Pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty and is considered to be the last New Kingdom king to wield any substantial authority over Egypt. His long reign saw the decline of Egyptian political and economic power, linked to a series of invasions and internal economic problems. Ramesses III was the son of Setnakhte and Queen Tiy-Merenese. He began the reconstruction of the Temple of Khonsu at Karnak from the foundations of an earlier temple of Amenhotep III and completed the Temple of Medinet Habu around his Year 12. He decorated the walls of his Medinet Habu temple with scenes of his Naval and Land battles against the Sea Peoples. This monument stands today as one of the best-preserved temples of the New Kingdom. He was murdered by an assassin in a conspiracy led by one of his secondary wives, Tiye, and her son Pentaweret.

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3157 x 4500 px | 40.6 MB

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26.7 x 38.1 cm | 10.5 x 15.0 in (300 dpi)

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