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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"
c. 1279 BC—Troy VI, speculated to be the city mentioned in Homer's Iliad, is presumed to have been destroyed by Greek armies. c. 1279 BC— Ramesses II ( 19th Dynasty ) becomes pharaoh of Egypt . During his reign he builds a new capital on the eastern Nile Delta which he, renames Pi-Ramesses – the "House of Ramesses".
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
Tell el-Maschuta (Arabic تل المسخوطة Tell el-Mashūta, ) - either the ancient Egyptian Per Tem/Pi-Tem or Tjeku - is located in the Wadi Tumilat region in the eastern Nile Delta about 16 kilometers west of Ismailia and about 18 kilometers east of Tell er-Retaba.