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Egyptian Rar Commemorative column for RamssisII#2306587

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Egyptian Rar Commemorative column for RamssisII#2306587
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Facts & History:
as son of King Seti I, he ascended the throne after the death of his father. Ramesses himself was just another legacy of ancient Egypt . Historians like to describe him as ?the mightiest of Egyptian kings'. Others simply call him ?Ramesses the Great'.

Ramesses reigned for about 67 years, during which Egypt observed a big boom in every aspect of civilization at that time. No other Pharaoh constructed so much monuments and temples as he did. Ramesses took power when he was 25.
As a youth, he decided to just follow the same military tendency of his ancestors. As before, he began to march his army to the Syrian territories in organized army divisions. He gathered thousands of soldiers in four divisions, named respectively after the Gods Amun, Re, Ptah and Seth to meet the Hittite army.

In thriving battles, Egyptian army led highly organized battles very similar to our modern times in terms of tactics, maneuvers and strategies.
Kadesh, Syrian City and Egypt 's arch-foe, was at these times too strong to be defeated, but Egypt was also much stronger, so Kadesh's king offered a peace treaty that Ramesses approved later.
Relations then improved between the 2 kingdoms to the extent that a Hittite king offered his daughter to be a wife for Ramesses.

Ramesses, showing loyalty to his ancestors, completed their unfinished constructions. He also added to the great temples of Karnak and Luxor, completed his father's mortuary temple at Thebes and built one of his own at Luxor's ...
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<tr><td>Condition:good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:circa 1900</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:15</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:20</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Egyptian Rar Commemorative column for RamssisII</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:FAIENCE</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Huntington beach, CA USA</td></tr>
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