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Tomb KV7 was the tomb of Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great"), an ancient Egyptian pharaoh during the Nineteenth Dynasty. It is located in the Valley of the Kings opposite the tomb of his sons, KV5 , and near to the tomb of his son and successor Merenptah , KV8 .
Tomb wall depicting Nefertari A ram headed amulet dating to c.1254 BC during the reign of Ramesses II found in the Serapeum of Saqqara. Gold, cloisonné, glass and turquoise pectoral bearing the cartouche or royal name of Ramesses II. The tomb of the most important consort of Ramesses was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli in 1904.
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great", also spelled "Ramses" and "Rameses"). It is located in the Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt, on the west of the River Nile, across from the modern city of Luxor.
Known as Ramses the Great, the pharaoh ruled Egypt from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C. and is credited with expanding Egypt's reach as far as modern day Syria to the east and Sudan to the south.
The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century BC, during the 19th Dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. Their huge external rock relief figures of Ramesses II have become iconic. His wife, Nefertari, and children can be seen in smaller figures by his feet.
The limestone block is about 3.8 metres (12.5 feet) high and depicts a seated Ramses wearing a double crown and a headdress topped with a royal cobra, Bassem Jihad, head of the mission's Egyptian ...
With the 2005 discovery of a new chamber and the 2008 discovery of two further tomb entrances, [8] the Valley of the Kings is known to contain 65 tombs and chambers, ranging in size from the simple pit that is KV54 to the complex tomb that is KV5, which alone has over 120 chambers for the sons of Ramesses II. [9]
It is not clear exactly how old the fort is, but Ramses II reigned between 1279 BC and 1213 BC. His reign was the second longest in Egyptian history. According to the ministry, Egypt was enjoying ...