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The existence of the city as Egypt's capital as late as the 10th century BCE makes problematic the claim that the reference to Ramesses in the Exodus story is a memory of the era of Ramesses II; in fact, it has been claimed that the shortened form "Ramesses", in place of the original Pi-Ramesses, is first found in 1st millennium BCE texts, [3 ...
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 .
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.
Henning Franzmeier is a German archaeologist and Egyptologist with the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim and University College London (UCL).Taking over from Edgar B. Pusch he has been field director of the "Qantir-Piramesse Project" [1] [2] in Egypt's Nile Delta since 2015, where Pi-Ramesses, the capital of Ramesside Egypt is being unearthed.
According to this agreement students of the Modern Academy for Engineering & Technology have the right to join the cooperative program after payment of an additional small registration fee. A similar agreement is in its final stages for execution with the University of North London (UNL) in England. This will hand over advantages similar to ...
The archaeological team discovered a long bronze sword decorated with the engravings of Ramesses II, one of Egypt’s more notable pharaohs from the 1200s BC, along with additional weapons, tools ...
As the name suggests, the Chinese striped-necked turtle, or Maureyms sinensis, is found in China as well as Taiwan, Vietnam, and Laos.It lives in swamps, ponds, freshwater marshes, and soft-bottom ...
The Tomb of Ptahmes is a sepulchre in the necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt. Located on the side of the Pyramid of Unas, it was built in the 13th century BC during the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt. [1] The tomb belonged to Ptahmes, a high-ranking official under pharaoh Seti I and his successor Ramesses II.