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Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt.Some scholars date his reign from 26 March 1186 to 15 April 1155 BC, and he is considered the last pharaoh of the New Kingdom to have wielded substantial power.
Ramesses III, victim of the conspiracy. The Harem conspiracy was a coup d'état attempt against the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses III in 1155 BC. The principal figure behind the plot was one of the pharaoh's secondary wives, Tiye, who hoped to place her son Pentawer on the throne instead of the pharaoh's chosen successor Ramesses IV.
By Ramesses III's death Egypt's Great Power status had come to an end and the start of a long collapse begun. [15] His father Setnakhte and later Ramesses III played key roles in leading New Kingdom Egypt during the Bronze Age collapse. They defended against the Sea Peoples and helped Egypt recover.
The Judicial Papyrus of Turin (also Turin legal papyrus) is a 12th-century BCE ancient Egyptian record of the trials held against conspirators plotting to assassinate Ramesses III in what is referred to as the "Harem conspiracy".
Several teeth, likely lost before death, were also missing from the woman’s jaw. However, the study was not able to determine an exact cause of death. ... Ramesses III (1185-1153 BC). His body ...
They also hypothesised that the cause of death was not head trauma, as previously thought, but a knee fracture on a background of malaria. [4] They also scanned Ramesses III, a pharaoh who was thought to be the victim of a harem conspiracy. Scans performed by Saleem revealed that Ramesses throat was cut and his left toe was cut off, providing ...
Ramesses XI was the last pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty. During his reign the position grew so weak that in the south the High Priests of Amun at Thebes became the de facto rulers of Upper Egypt, while Smendes controlled Lower Egypt even before Ramesses XI's death.
Mummy of Ramesses III (side view). Of all the pharaohs suspected of having perished in a conspiracy, only the mummy of Ramesses III has survived. Like some 50 other royal and princely mummies, Ramesses' remains were discovered on July 6, 1881, by Gaston Maspero in the royal hideout of Deir el-Bahari (TT320).