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19th DYNASTY KING OF EGYPT WHO REIGNED FROM 1290 TO 1224 B.C. RAMSES II EXTENDED THE EMPIRE OF EGYPT SOUTH BEYOND THE FOURTH CATARACT OF THE NILE INTO KUSH/UPPER NUBIA. HE LEFT MANY MONUMENTS OF HIS OWN GLORY INCLUDING MASSIVE STATUES AT ABU SIMBAL AND THE GREAT HALL OF KARNAK, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS INSCRIPTIONS RECOUNTING MILITARY CAMPAIGNS AGAINST NUBIANS, LIBYANS AND THE HITTITES OF ASIA MINOR. HIS BUILDING PROJECTS REQUIRED HUGE NUMBER OF SLAVES AND HE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE BIBLICAL PHARAOH CONFRONTED BY MOSES, ALTHOUGH IT PROBABLY WAS HIS SON, MERNEPTAH WHO WAS RULING AT THE TIME OF THE EXODUS OF THE HEBREWS FROM EGYPT. RAMSES DEPLETED EGYPT'S WEALTH WITH EXTRAVAGANT SPLENDOR AND WARS THAT REQUIRED THOUSANDS OF FOREIGN MERCENARIES. HE HAD AT LEAST SEVEN QUEENS, 79 SONS AND 31 DAUGHTERS. IN 1995 ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIGGING IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS NEAR LUXOR FOUND WHAT BELIEVED TO BE A TOMB COMPLEX FOR 50 OF HIS SONS.
Posted By: barbara robinson
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 at 5:45PM
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