Curse of the mummy? -- Moses and Rameses -- Gift of the Nile -- Rosetta stone -- Battle of Kadesh -- Egyptian warfare -- Master builder -- Building the pyramids -- Legacy Rameses -- How to make a mummy -- Chronology -- Timeline in history -- Chapter notes -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Works consulted -- On the internet -- Index.
Summary:
The Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II is often referred to as Rameses the Great. He fully lived up to the "Great" part. His reign lasted for 67 years, the second longest in Egypt's 3,000-year history. He had dozens of wives and more than 100 children, outliving many of them. He was a military leader who expanded the borders of his country. That resulted in decades of peace and prosperity for his people. He ordered huge statues of himself to be erected all over Egypt. Many historians believe that he was the pharaoh of the Exodus, the epic journey that the Jewish people made out of Egypt under the inspired leadership of Moses. Even after death, he remained important. After his mummy was discovered late in the nineteenth century, it became one of Egypt's main tourist attractions. A military honor guard and important government officials witnessed the mummy when it was flown to Paris in 1976.
Series:
Life and times of Biography from ancient civilizations
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