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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.
Originally Ramesses II was buried in the tomb KV7 in the Valley of the Kings, [86] but because of looting in the valley, priests later transferred the body to a holding area, re-wrapped it, and placed it inside the tomb of queen Ahmose Inhapy. [87] Seventy-two hours later it was again moved, to the tomb of the high priest Pinedjem II.
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.
Ramesses IX: KV7: 19th Dynasty Antiquity Ramesses II [8] KV8: 19th Dynasty Antiquity Merenptah: KV9: 20th Dynasty Antiquity Ramesses V [d] Also known as the Tomb of Memnon or La Tombe de la Métempsychose. KV10: 20th Dynasty Antiquity Amenmesse: While intended for him, there is no direct evidence that Amenmesse was ever buried at this tomb. KV11
There are depictions of Ramesses and Nefertari with the sacred boats of Amun and Ra-Horakhty. This hall gives access to a transverse vestibule, in the middle of which is the entrance to the sanctuary. Here, on a black wall, are rock cut sculptures of four seated figures: Ra-Horakhty, the deified king Ramesses, and the gods Amun Ra and Ptah.
Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben is known from his coffin's inscriptions. [6] Ramesses-Meryastarte (“Beloved of Astarte”) is the 26th in the Abydos procession. [9] Ramesses-Merymaat (“Beloved of Maat”) is the 25th in the Abydos procession. [9] Ramesses-Meryseth (“Beloved of Seth”) is known from a stone block from the Ramesseum, reused in ...
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 ...
Tomb KV11 is the tomb of Pharaoh Ramesses III. It is located in the main valley of the Valley of the Kings. The tomb was originally started by Setnakhte, but abandoned when it unintentionally broke into the earlier tomb of Amenmesse . Setnakhte was buried in KV14. The tomb KV11 was later restarted and extended and on a different axis for ...