Ramses :: Ancient Egypt Egyptian History

RamsesRamses the Great ruled as the greatest pharaoh of all times. besides known as Ramses II, he was born in 1304 B.C., and was given the depict the Justice of Ray is Powerful. He had the knowledge of the kingdom, and became the focus of the court at an early age. Ramses and his perplex spent most of their time together. As a young crown prince, Ramses II was appointed a co-ruler by his ripening father, Seti I, and fully inherited the throne at age 24 when his father died. Even before he became Pharaoh, the young prince was known as a courageous warrior. At 22, he was sent to quell a boor revolt in Nubia. He brought along two little sons, and they took take up in a chariot charge, according to a scene depicted in a carved relief on the walls of the Beit El-Wali Temple federation of Aswan. After his ascent to the throne, the kingdom prospered and the young Pharaoh poured his energies and national treasures into building temples and monuments observance his father, Egypts god s and himself. In Nubia he constructed six temples, two of which were carved out of a Cliffside at Abu Simbel, with their four colossal statues of the king, are the most magnificent and the crush known. Engineers designed the temple so every year on February 22 and October 22 the earliest sunrays shine on the back wall of the innermost chamber and lights up the pharaohs statue, and fitting, he sits with the three gods of the sun. In all of his monuments he had his name cartouche and texts engraved so deep that no replenishment would be able to remove it. When Ramses became pharaoh, he had as many women as his heart desired and they were his greatest supporters. Ramses II built a big family with a considerable harem of wives and concubines. He had 5 or 6 briny wives and is known to have had more than 100 children with all of his wives. His favorite wife was the beautiful Nefertari, his chief queen and mother of his first-born son and other children. antique statues and inscript ions suggest she often appeared at her husbands side on state make and during religious ceremonies early in his reign. Ramses spent most of his 67-year reign renewing the empire and fighting the Hittites of Asia Minor. Ramses the Great, known for his fighting, went into battle with about 2,000 men in 1275 B.