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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...
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    The Ramesseum magician's box is a container discovered in 1885–1886 in a tomb underneath the Ramesseum by Flinders Petrie and James Quibell, containing...
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    built in the Ramesseum after it was ruined as well. The Ramesseum was originally built for Ramesses II, but after it was ruined, the Ramesseum was given...
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  • The memorial temple of Ramesses II, also called simply Ramesseum contains a minor list of pharaohs of ancient Egypt. The scene with the list was first...
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    The Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus (also known simply as the Ramesseum Papyrus) is the oldest known surviving illustrated papyrus roll. It contains a ceremonial...
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  • The Ramesseum medical papyri constitute a collection of ancient Egyptian medical documents dating back to the early 18th century BC, found in the temple...
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    in Retjenu, and Tunip in Naharin, later recorded on the walls of the Ramesseum. This second success at the location was equally as meaningless as his...
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    rather than Horus. In a Middle Kingdom ritual, recorded in the Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus, the sons of Horus aid Osiris in his rejuvenation after death...
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    Ancient Egyptian statue, one of two colossal granite statues from the Ramesseum mortuary temple in Thebes, Upper Egypt. It depicts the Nineteenth Dynasty...
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    offered or advised. The Ramesseum medical papyri consist of 17 individual papyri that were found in the great temple of the Ramesseum. The Papyri was buried...
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  • order on depictions. Lists of princes and princesses were found in the Ramesseum, Luxor, Wadi es-Sebua and Abydos. Some names are known to us from ostraka...
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    temple, and the Ramesseum, his grand mortuary temple. The constructions were bankrolled by the large granaries (built around the Ramesseum) that concentrated...
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    Ramesses dedicated a monumental structure within his mortuary temple, the Ramesseum, to his mother, and also constructed a fine new tomb for her in the section...
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  • Ramesses II. Ramesses II constructed his own temple, referred to as the Ramesseum (a name given to it by Champollion in 1829): "Temple of a million years...
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    Nebwenenef Qurna Mortuary Temple of Seti I Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep II Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II) Valley of the Kings (Modern: "Wadi el-Muluk")...
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    across temples in Abydos, Temple of Luxor, Karnak, Abu Simbel and the Ramesseum, and two hieratic papyri. The Poem of Pentaur (pntAwr.t), usually short...
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    stone, statues, and the remains of palaces and temples—most notably the Ramesseum in western Thebes and the rock temples of Abu Simbel. He covered the land...
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    BC. He described his campaign on the wall of his mortuary temple, the Ramesseum in Thebes, Egypt. The inscriptions say that Dapur was "in the land of...
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    University of Pennsylvania Museum displayed black granite statue of Goddess Sekhmet excavated in Thebes in Ramesseum 1405-1367 BCE (Late 18th_Dynasty)...
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    II removed by Italian archeologist Giovanni Battista Belzoni from the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Ramesses II at Thebes. Although the Younger Memnon...
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    hieroglyphics on the walls of two temples belonging to Ramesses II in Thebes: the Ramesseum and the Precinct of Amun-Re at the Temple of Karnak. The scribes who engraved...
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    Great Kadesh reliefs of Ramses II on the walls of the Ramesseum The original relief from the Ramesseum Unable to support a long siege of the walled city of...
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    Leblanc. "The Tomb of Ramesses II and Remains of His Funerary Treasure". Le Ramesseum: Temple de Millions d'Années de Ramsès II à Thèbes-Ouest. Archived from...
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  • tombs found in the back of the Ramesseum. Here, Quibell found various fragments of papyri, later named the Ramesseum papyri. Many of these were of a...
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    II (19th Dynasty); carved on limestone. Very selective, today damaged. Ramesseum king list (19th Dynasty); carved on limestone. Contains most of the New...
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    beginning of a long relationship between theatre and religion. The Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus, the oldest surviving illustrated papyrus details the performance...
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    of the Queens Medinet Habu (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, etc.) The Ramesseum (memorial temple of Ramesses II) Deir el-Medina (workers' village) Tombs...
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    "Royal scribe" Mentuherkhepeshef depicted in the procession of sons at the Ramesseum. Dynasty 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II Father Ramesses II Mother Unknown...
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    living king. She played only a small role, for instance, in the Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus, the script for royal rituals performed in the reign of Senusret...
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  • a tradition that began in the Middle Kingdom, and which includes the Ramesseum Onomasticon dating from the end of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt, no...
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