Tomb statue of Angeriautef Ramses II Memphis Sakkara 1250 BC
Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses The Great and alternatively transcribed as Ramses and Rameses also known as Ozymandias in the Greek sources, from a transliteration into Greek of a part of Ramesses' throne name, User-maat-re Setep-en-re) was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as Egypt's greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh His successors and later Egyptians called him the "Great Ancestor."[citation needed] He is traditionally believed to have been the Pharaoh of the Exodus. He was born around 1303 BC and at age fourteen, Ramesses was appointed Prince Regent by his father Seti I.[6] He is believed to have taken the throne in his early 20s and to have ruled Egypt from 1279 BC to 1213 BC for a total of 66 years and 2 months, according to Manetho. He was once said to have lived to be 99 years old, but it is more likely that he died in his 90th or 91st year. If he became king in 1279 BC as most Egyptologists today believe, he would have assumed the throne on May 31, 1279 BC, based on his known accession date of III Shemu day 27
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