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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.
Pithom is one of the cities which, according to the Book of Exodus 1:11, was built for the biblical Pharaoh of the oppression by the forced labour of the Israelites. The other city was Pi-Ramesses . The Septuagint adds a third, " On , which is Heliopolis ."
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 .
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
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"
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.
The city is now commonly identified as Pi-Ramesses (House of Ramesses), the new capital founded by Ramesses II. The convention of numbering kings who had the same name did not exist in Ancient Egypt, the numbers of the various pharaohs called Rameses were provided by modern scholars. 19th Dynasty. Ramesses I: founder of the 19th Dynasty
Archaeologists therefore suspected that an ancient Egyptian city was located at the site, with the sand-covered monolith as a typical identifying feature. [7] Archaeological teams identified the site as Pi-Ramesses, the "place of the Israelites during their oppression", due to the Ramesses monolith. The supposed discovery prompted numerous ...