Ramesses I

2017a) in Egypt, Statue of Ramesses II was made, it is a stone monumental statue of the head and upper body of the ruler Ramesses with only the head and the upper body. It was found in Africa, specifically in Thebes, Egypt (BBC, 2014a), also known as Upper Egypt or Ramesseum (The British Museum, 2017a) in the past. The statue was made with different colors, which are the two shades of brown (light and dark) and grey. Furthermore, red granite and granodiorite (The British Museum, 2017a) were materials of this statue. Overall, the Statue of Ramesses II resembled a look of a royal pharaoh; however, there are some broken and damage pieces, for instance,…

people were ruled by pharaohs. I am going to focus on the extent to which the pharaohs caused the collapse of the Egyptian Empire. For example the poor decisions made by the pharaohs, to establish if the decisions made were the main cause of the collapse. I will then review other factors such as religion, climate change, famine and technology to assess their contribution to the collapse. Throughout Egyptian history pharaohs were significant figures influencing war, economy, religion and…

Ramesses II In my essay i will be talking about Ramesses II about his early life, military leadership and also his weaknesses and strengths throughout the time he lived as pharaoh. Ramesses II was the third pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty. He ruled from 1279 to 1213 BC. he was known as a extremely famous ruler. The egyptian people loved prosperity. He was also noted as Ozymandias. He declared that he was successful in the determining win over the hittites during the war of kadesh, he…

The story of Moses leading the Hebrews out of Egypt has been told numerous times through various media, including film. Without fail, Ramesses II is almost always portrayed as the unnamed pharaoh of the Exodus. He is often regarded as Egypt’s greatest and most powerful pharaoh. Born in 1302 BC, he was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is the second child of Seti I and Queen Tuya, and his only known sibling is Princess Tia. At fourteen years old, Ramesses was appointed…

The great temple of Amun contains six royal tombs, only three of which were found in good condition. A large portion of the tomb, along with 15 monuments date back to Ramesses II, while the gate of the shrine dates back to Shoshenq III (835-783 B.C.E). Attached to the Amun temple was another temple that was exclusive to the god Horus, with extra chapels for Mut, Amun’s wife and Khonsu, their child. These three formed the Tanite Triad. Some scholars label Tanis as the “Northern Thebes”, because…

Throughout the publication, much background information is given. Piankoff’s first introduction describes Ramesses VI’s tomb in general terms, as well as a general history of ancient Egypt. This includes, but is not limited to, kingship ideology and mythology, history of royal burial practices, and details about Ramesses VI’s tomb. The second introduction serves to introduce the texts in translation, in which Piankoff recounts in detail some ancient Egyptian religious and funerary beliefs, and…

The cultural artifact that I propose to study is the bust of the Queen Nefertiti who was an Egyptian queen and the Royal Wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten. The Queen is known to the modern world for her famed illuminous bust that now resides in Berlin’s museum. Nefertiti’s bust was created by the sculptor Thutmose and was discovered in his workshop by the German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt. The bust is an example of providing us, the Ancient Egyptians examples of art and how they regard facial…

the artifacts. The Egyptologist that will be focused on the most from this time will be Giovanni Belzoni. He was a strongman around 6 ft tall and originally arrived in Egypt to try and sell a “mechanical irrigation device to the Pasha of Egypt. The enterprise failed, but Henry Salt soon hired Belzoni to move an enormous statue of Rameses II from the king’s mortuary temple at Luxor to Alexandria” (Fagan, Brian M. “A Brief History of Archaeology” 37). Belzoni went on to be one of the most…

In Egypt in 1327 BCE, there lived a Pharaoh and his wife, they are depicted on King Tutankhamun's throne in what is known simply as Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun. This time period of the New Kingdom is where rulers had come to have the name of a Pharaoh and Tutankhamun’s familial line had regained their power. Tutankhamun and his queen were half-siblings, and it was not uncommon at this time due to a royal bloodline remaining intact. Although they were siblings who shared a father, they loved…

Hatshepsut was the first. She ruled from 1473-1458 B.C. Her tale is a slightly confusing one. Hatshepsut’s father was Thutmose I. When she was twelve, she married her half-brother, Thutmose II. Soon after, Thutmose I, and Thutmose II died. Hatshepsut then became a regent for her son, Thutmose III. Stay with me, here it gets a little mixed up. When Thutmose III came of age, he should have become the new pharaoh, and Hatshepsut should have stepped down. But that didn’t happen. Instead, Hatshepsut…