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Pi-Ramesses (/ p ɪər ɑː m ɛ s /; Ancient Egyptian: pr-rꜥ-ms-sw, meaning "House of Ramesses") [1] was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC) at Qantir, near the old site of Avaris.
Pi-Ramesses: c. 1279–1077 BCE Nineteenth Dynasty Twentieth Dynasty: Tanis: c. 1077–943 BCE Twenty-first Dynasty [8] Per-Bast c. 943–720 BCE Twenty-second Dynasty: Leontopolis: c. 837–720 BCE Twenty-third Dynasty: Sais: c. 732–720 BCE 664–525 BCE 404–398 BCE Twenty-fourth Dynasty Twenty-sixth Dynasty Twenty-eighth Dynasty [9] Djedet
Qantir is believed to mark what was probably the ancient site of the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II's capital, Pi-Ramesses or Per-Ramesses ("House or Domain of Ramesses"). It is situated around 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) north of Faqous in the Sharqiyah province of the eastern Nile Delta , about 60 mi (97 km) north-east of Cairo .
At the beginning of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, a newer settlement was established, and Ramesses II built new fortifications, a Temple of Atum and many other structures. The site was inhabited also under the 20th Dynasty, the Third Intermediate Period (11th–7th century BC) and the Late Period (7th–4th century BC).
By the time of Ramesses, Nubia had been a colony for 200 years, but its conquest was recalled in decoration from the temples Ramesses II built at Beit el-Wali [58] (which was the subject of epigraphic work by the Oriental Institute during the Nubian salvage campaign of the 1960s), [59] Gerf Hussein and Kalabsha in northern Nubia.
Articles relating to the city of Pi-Ramesses, the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC) at Qantir, near the old site of Avaris. Pages in category "Pi-Ramesses"
The earliest ancestor of the literary genre can be found in the New Kingdom Egyptian "praises of the cities", describing in poetic forms e.g. Thebes and Pi-Ramesses. [6] The Greek rhetorician Dionysius of Halicarnassus, in the first century AD, was the first to prescribe the form of a eulogy to a city in detail.
Tanis is unattested before the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, when it was the capital of the 14th nome of Lower Egypt. [9] [a] A temple inscription datable to the reign of Ramesses II mentions a "Field of Tanis", while the city in se is securely attested in two 20th Dynasty documents: the Onomasticon of Amenope and the Story of Wenamun, as the home place of the pharaoh-to-be Smendes.