Ruler · Middle and Late Bronze Age · Egypt

Ramesses II

r. c. 1279–c. 1213 BC

Pharaoh from about 1279 to 1213 BC, remembered as Ramesses the Great for a reign of 66 years. He fought the Hittites to a standstill at the Battle of Kadesh and then made the first known peace treaty in history. His building works, from Abu Simbel to the Ramesseum, still dominate the Nile valley.

Facts

Reign: About 1279 to 1213 BC, 66 years.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ramses II
Died: About 1213 BC, aged about ninety.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ramses II
Realm: New Kingdom Egypt.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ramses II
Known for: The Battle of Kadesh, about 1274 BC, and the Egyptian Hittite peace treaty.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ramses II
Building: Abu Simbel, the Ramesseum, and work at Karnak and Luxor.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ramses II

Images

Colossal statue of Ramesses II at Memphis (photograph via Wikimedia Commons)

Connected

CountryEgypt1953–

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