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  2. Pi-Ramesses - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Qantir - Wikipedia

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    Map of Lower Egypt showing Avaris, near Qantir/Pi-Ramesses. Qantir (Arabic: قنتير, romanized: Qantīr) is a village in Egypt. [1] 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").

  4. Category:Pi-Ramesses - Wikipedia

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    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"

  5. 13th century BC - Wikipedia

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    Memphis, then Pi-Ramesses, are the capitals of the New Kingdom of Egypt. [9] It is a period of relative prosperity. During the reign of Ramesses II, the construction of the Great Hypostyle Hall of the temples of Karnak, the Luxor Temple and the temples of Abu Simbel are completed. [10]

  6. Turin Papyrus Map - Wikipedia

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    The Turin Papyrus Map is an ancient Egyptian map, generally considered the oldest surviving map of topographical interest from the ancient world.It is drawn on a papyrus reportedly discovered at Deir el-Medina in Thebes, collected by Bernardino Drovetti (known as Napoleon's Proconsul) in Egypt sometime before 1824 and now preserved in Turin's Museo Egizio.

  7. Cartography of Europe - Wikipedia

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    In classical antiquity, Europe was assumed to cover the quarter of the globe north of the Mediterranean, an arrangement that was adhered to in medieval T and O maps. Ptolemy's world map of the 2nd century already had a reasonably precise description of southern and western Europe, but was unaware of particulars of northern and eastern Europe.

  8. List of Bronze Age states - Wikipedia

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    Akhetaten, Pi-Ramesses, Thebes Empire 1550–1069 BC Nubia: Kerma: Principalities [1] 2500–15th century BC Libu: Not specified Tribal chiefdoms 1550–630 BC [2] Punt: Not specified Kingdom 2400–1069 BC

  9. File:Blank map of Europe (without disputed regions).svg

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