Rameses - Definition and Overview

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Ramesses (also commonly spelled "Ramses" or "Rameses") is the name conventionally given in English transliteration to eleven Egyptian pharaohs of the later New Kingdom period:

19th Dynasty

Ramesses I - founder of the 19th Dynasty
Ramesses II ("the Great")

20th Dynasty

Ramesses III - adversary of the Sea Peoples
Ramesses IV
Ramesses V
Ramesses VI
Ramesses VII
Ramesses VIII
Ramesses IX
Ramesses X
Ramesses XI - last ruler of the Egyptian New Kingdom period

Ramesses or Pi-Ramesses is also the name of the reconstructed city of Avaris. The name essentially translates as "Born of the sun-god Re".

Ramesses is also the name of a Doom Metal band from England.

Example Usage of Rameses
	colours_21: @lmg_mafia_1989 HELL YEA HE HELPED BUILD THAT HO Rameses ASS NIGGA LOL
	sjugge: I favorited a YouTube video -- Rameses III - I Could Not Love You More http://bit.ly/31ksSi
	Megalev: I favorited a YouTube video -- Rameses III - I Could Not Love You More http://bit.ly/31ksSi

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Rameses - Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Rameses