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Ramesses

Ramesses (also commonly spelled Ramses pronounced /ˈræmsiːz/ or Rameses /ˈræməsiːz/) is the name conventionally given in English transliteration to 11 Egyptian pharaohs of the later New Kingdom period. The name essentially translates as "Born of the sun-god Ra".

19th Dynasty
Ramesses I: founder of the 19th Dynasty
Ramesses II ("the Great")
20th Dynasty
Ramesses III: adversary of the Sea Peoples
Ramesses IV
Ramesses V
Ramesses VI
Ramesses VII
Ramesses VIII
Ramesses IX
Ramesses X
Ramesses XI: last ruler of the Egyptian New Kingdom

Other:

Ramesses or Pi-Ramesses, the name palace of Ramesses II, at the former site of Avaris.
The fictional "Ramses XIII," protagonist of the 1895 historical novel Pharaoh by Bolesław Prus
Ramesses, the eponymous protagonist's father in "Thamos, König in Ägypten" ("Thamos, King of Egypt", or "King Thamos", in English), a play by Tobias Philipp, for which Mozart wrote incidental music
Ramesses (band), a Sludge/Doom Metal band in England, formed by ex-Electric Wizard members Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening
Ramses Emerson, a fictional character in the "Amelia Peabody" book series by U.S. author Elizabeth Peters
Ramses the Damned, an alternate title of the novel The Mummy by Anne Rice
Rameses, the mascot for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ramses, a summon creature in the Gameboy Advance game Golden Sun
Ramses, a brand of condoms manufactured by Durex

Source: Wikipedia

Translation of "Ramesses"

Czech: Ramesse, Danish: Ramses, German: Ramses, Spanish: Ramsés, French: Ramsès, Italian: Ramses, Hebrew: רעמסס, Dutch: Ramses, Japanese: ラムセス, Finnish: Ramses, Swedish: Ramses, Chinese: 拉美西斯.


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