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Ramses II at War

     When Ramses was 10 his father put him in charge of the Egyptian Army. His father died in 1279 BC. Four years after this was when he tried to recover lost land in Southern Syria. The following year, he led a larger contingent against the Hittites and Kadesh. Wait, just one minute I thought he tried to regain theses people with respect not WAR! In 1274, he took place in the largest chariot war in history. The battle included as many as 5,000 chariots and double (Yes I said DOUBLE) the amount of people on foot. This must have been a crazy fight because if I were on a horse, I would probably be hitting soldiers left-to-right. As you can see, Ramses was very successful at war.

Ramses' monuments

     Ramses II made what archaeologist think are about 74 monuments but the exact number is still unknown. One of his most famous monuments is Colossus at Abu Simbel in Nubia. This monuments was a whopping 94 feet tall and weighed somewhat 5 tons. This was one big monument dude, and is still remembered today.

Rasmes takes Power

   When Ramses father Seti I died in the year 1279 BC, Ramses was elevated to he throne with little conflict, because he was the king's son DUH! When Ramses took the throne he also took the throne name “Usermaatre Setepenre”, which means "The Justice of Re is powerful, chosen of Re." Almost immediately he continued the work of his father had begun on the temple and appointed Nebsenenef the high priest of the temple of Amon. This is where his obsession with build monuments and temples came into play. This guy was crazy about building stuff for his people to remember him. I just have one question, would you do the same thing if you were Ramses the Great?

Ramses' the Great Birth

     Ramses the Great was born in 1300 BC into the family of the pharaoh Seti the first, who ruled from 1290-1279 BC. Ramses was born a very long time ago dude. He was appointed as his father's coregent and heir at an early age. Seti trained Ramses in everything and even took him on some military expedition including the campaigns against the Hittites and the rebellions in Syria and Palestine.

Ramses II's Death

     Ramses died when he was about 90 years old. This guy I assume had some major wrinkles. It was a big loss to the people of Ancient Egypt. He died 1213 BC. They think he died in the summer but they're not completely sure. He must have smelled really bad when he died since it gets so hot in Egypt. They buried him in the Valley of the Kings. That was not his final resting place. He was moved two more times before he was moved to a museum in Paris, France. He was the first pharaoh to travel by plane, stinks for all the other pharaohs. Now this Pharaoh lies in peace in the safe tranquility of a museum.