Meaning & use
Rameses
The name shared by eleven pharaohs of ancient Egypt, most famously Ramesses II of the New Kingdom.
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Rameses II ordered the construction of the great rock temples at Abu Simbel.
Archaeologists still debate which mummy in the Cairo museum belongs to which Rameses.
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The name is also spelled 'Ramesses'; Ramesses II, often called Ramesses the Great, is the best known of the pharaohs by this name.
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