Ramses+II

Ramses at Kadesh and statue at Abu Simbel

report by Matt Zak

Ramses II, Great Warrior Ramses II had 110 children. In this wiki you will learn about Ramses II‘s life his most famous battle, the aftermath of the battle, and his mummy.

Ramses II was born in 1302bc and lived to1213bc. He lived for eighty- nine years. Ramses II ruled from 1279 bc-1213bc. For sixty- six years and two months he ruled. Not much else is known from Ramses life. In Egyptian Ramses’s name means Powerful one of Ma’at, The justice of Ra is powerful and more things.

The Battle of Kadesh was perhaps Ramses greatest battle. Ramses decided to attack the Hittite Empire. Ramses was tricked into thinking that the Hittite Empire was 120 miles away. His army was split into the Amun and Ptah on one side and the Seth and Re on the other. Ramses reinforced the Ptah brigade after it was hit by a surprise attack.

The Aftermath was that the Egyptians retreated and the Hittite Empire gained control of the Province of Upi. In the end the Hittite Empire singed a treaty. This treaty was the first written one.

Ramses mummy was originally buried in the valley of the kings and was later moved to the Deir el-Bhari mummy cache. Towards the end of his life Ramses sufferd from arthritis, tooth decay, and poor blood circulation. In 1974 the Cairo museum noticed the Ramses mummy was deteriorating. So the mummy was transported to Paris and was treated for fungal infection and later analays reveled fractures and battle wounds. After returning to Egypt Ramses was visited by President Anwar Sidet and his wife

Ramses had a hooked nose. In this wiki you learned about Ramses II’s life, most famous battle, the aftermath and his mummy.

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