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Merenptah (Baenrehotephirmaat) in Tour Egypt

MERENPTAH, THE 4TH KING OF EGYPT'S 19TH DYNASTY by Jimmy Dunn By the time that Ramesses II died, he had apparently outlived twelve of his sons, so it was his 13th son, Merenptah who ascended the throne of Egypt. Merenptah was old himself by this time, probably nearly sixty years old, and his reign was rather dull, as well as short lived (perhaps...

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Akhenaten in Wikipedia

Akhenaten (pronounced /ˌɑːkəˈnɑːtən/;[1] often also spelled Echnaton, Akhnaton, or rarely Ikhnaton; meaning Effective spirit of Aten) was known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenhotep IV (sometimes given its Greek form, Amenophis IV, and meaning Amun is Satisfied), a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, ruled for 17 years and died...

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Smenkhkare (Ankhkheperure) in Tour Egypt

SMENKHKARE, AN OBSCURE PHARAOH OF THE 18TH DYMASTY by Jimmy Dunn - We list Smenkhkare as the eleventh pharaoh of Egypt's famous 18th Dynasty, ruling from 1336 until about 1334 BC. In point of fact, he may never have ruled on his own, though in the later years of Akhenaten reign, he was probably a co-regent. His birth name was Smenkh-ka-re (or D...

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Tausert (Sitremeritamun) in Tour Egypt

TAUSERT, QUEEN AND LAST PHARAOH OF THE 19TH DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN - As one of the few queens who ruled Egypt as Pharaoh (between 1187 and 1185 BC), it is regrettable that we have so little information on Tausert, traditionally the last ruler of Egypt's 19th Dynasty. Her name appears even in modern works in many different forms, including Twosre,...

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Horemheb (Djeserkheperure) in Tour Egypt

HOREMHEB (DJESERKHEPERURE) 1323-1295 B.C. 18TH DYNASTY The fourteenth king of the 18th Dynasty was chief of the army during Tutankhamun’s reign. When Tutankhamun died, Ay succeeded the throne. Ay favored Horemheb and kept him on as a military leader. When Ay died without an heir, Horemheb was made king. Restoring order was his main objectiv...

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Merneptah in Wikipedia

Merneptah (or Merenptah) was the fourth ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He ruled Egypt for almost ten years between late July or early August 1213 to May 2, 1203 BC, according to contemporary historical records.[2] He was the thirteenth son of Ramesses II[3] and only came to power because all his older brothers, including his fu...

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Twosret in Wikipedia

Queen Twosret (Tawosret, Tausret) was the last known ruler and the final Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty. She is recorded in Manetho's Epitome as a certain Thuoris, who in Homer is called Polybus, husband of Alcandara, and in whose time Troy was taken[2]. She was said to have ruled Egypt for seven years, but this figure included the nearly six ...

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Ramesses I (Menpehtyre) in Tour Egypt

KING RAMESSES I, FOUNDER OF THE 19TH DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN - Ramesses I was the founder of the 19th Dynasty (though there is some evidence to suggest that they themselves saw Horemheb as he dynastic founder) and the grandfather of the great and famous pharaoh, Ramesses II. Though he began a Dynasty that would actually see several powerful kings...

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Amenmesse (Menmire) in Tour Egypt

KING AMENMESSES AND HIS TOMB IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS BY JIMMY DUNN AND MARK ANDREWS Amenmesses is generally considered to be the 5th ruler of Egypt's 19th Dynasty, though most Egyptologists believe he was probably not the legitimate heir to the throne. He succeeded Merneptah as pharaoh, but it was probably Merneptah's son, prince Seti-Mernept...

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Setakht (Userkhauremeryamun) in Tour Egypt

SETNAKHTE, THE FIRST KING OF EGYPT'S 20TH DYNASTY by Jimmy Dunn -- Setnakhte was the first king of Egypt's 20th Dynasty, the last dynasty of the New Kingdom. This is the king's birth name that, together with his epithet, mereramunre, means "Victorious is Set, Beloved of Amun Re". He is sometimes also known as Setnakht and Sethnakht. His throne n...

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