Meaning & use

Rameses

proper noun·Advanced

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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