Pharaoh Rameses II

Rameses II, the son of King Seti I, was considered to be one of the greatest pharaohs who ever lived. Also he was the longest living pharaohs. His rule was roughly 67 years long. He had five or six main wives, including Neferati, and is said to have had more than 100 children. Ramese II is said to have been most likely Moses' nemesis in the book of Exodus. His life, which was over eighty years long ,makes him even more likely to have been the pharaoh in Exodus in Hebrew and Christian Bibles.

Ramses II was said to have to made the most temples including: The Ramesseum, Karnak, and Abu Simbel. Also his cartouche was engraved so deep into the structures and monuments that no successor could erase it.

His reign of power stretched from southward of Sudan, north to Turkey, west to Lybia, and east to Iraq. He put an end to problems between the Hittites and the Egyptians when he married a Hittite princess.

When he was buried, he was buried in the Valley of the Kings, but his body wasn't found in his tomb in 1881 with many other royal mummies in the Royal Cache Dsir el-Bahri. Recently a tomb containing possibly 50 of his sons was found. It had more than 108 rooms.

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