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Wednesday

KING RAMSES II



KING RAMSES

King Ramses II

King Ramsès II, who for 67 years during the 19th dynasty ruled from the 12th century, became known as "Ramses the great. It is identified as one of the greatest warriors of the Egypt, but also as a maker of peace and for repositories let low everyplace Egypt. It was the best King in history to sign a peace Pact with the opposition, the Hittites, align the long years of wars and hostility.King Ramses ruled for 67 years (1292-1225 BC). Under him Egypt obtained unprecedented shine. King Ramsès given repositories throughout Egypt. the Rameseum, his mortuary temple in Thebes; Luxor Temple; and the Temple of the large rock at Abu Simbel with four digits of the King on the facade. The period of his reign was marked luxury, increased slavery and the growth of a banal regular army, all of which took until the final fall of the Egypt.

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King Ramsès II was born to Queen Tuy, his father SETI i.

King Ramsès II was born to Queen Tuy, his father SETI i. This gave him the second longest stop of Pharaoh. Harmhab heir and ruler of Egypt at the beginning during the 19th and 20th dynasty King Ramses I was the grandfather of Ramses II. This son of Seti, which no successor of the throne but otherwise upsurped has the exceptional beauty of Egypt in the course of her long prevail by 1292 BC on 1225 BC.

Born around 1303 BC in the Eastern Delta of the Nile, is adopted as the Pharaoh Ramses 2 Warrior and son of Re, the Sun God. A big boy, he founded by his father co-ruler was aging and the base of the throne in British Colombia of 1297 at the age of 24. Ramses II was the Pharaoh of Egypt tradition in the biblical story of exodus. Ramses II was an ambitious Builder, a prosperous General and a popular rule. Ramses II gave a huge list of buildings, such as the new capital in the Nile delta. He completed the main hall with columns in the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak. In Abu Simbel, he did the Stone Temple and took quote numerous buildings of his ancestor. Temple of Abu Simbel, probably Ramses II for more proud of construction it was decided a sandstone Cliff leads to the East. Among them, including expansion of Luxor and Karnak. There he completed previous plans has begun by his father and establish another many warehouses.


Tuesday

AKHENATEN AMENHOTEP IV

Amenhotep IV

Early life of Amenhotep IV

Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) was the second son of Amenhotep III and his wife, Tiy Chief. It's unclear if Amenhotep IV the throne with his older brother so-called, Thutmose III, which is supposed to died young because of the controversial shared. It wasn't long before the new name, Akhenaten, Amenhotep IV meaning "Servant Announces of the Aton" probably means in the fifth year of his reign.

As his mother, Tiy, wife of Akhenaton, Nefertiti was not of Royal blood, she was just a girl from the vizier, Ay, probably after the death of his grandson, Tutankhamun reigned. Amenhotep IV had at least four girls, Mekytaten, Merytaten, Merytaten-tasheri and Akhesenpaaten; but he also had one of the biggest names in ancient history, Tutankhamun.

Akhenaten

Amenhotep IV as Akhenaten

Akhenaton, prefer to be called then, because he took the time and effort for the release of a new religion. He built a new city, Akhenaton and rededicated only God Aton and is believed by some Egyptologists that he the power of his army to drive people to this new city, its popularity on the dubious moment.

Amenhotep IV not only changed his own name, he also gave his daughters of names that all paid devotion to his God, ate. He is also believed to be priests to close the temples and abandon their Egyptian gods, to ensure the worship of the one God of all Egyptians have forced. Such as temples closed, the city of Akhenaten was only more big and bigger, located in the middle of Memphis and Thebes, site of the city has spared even by another cult of Pharaoh.