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Ramesses the Great : Egypt's king of kings
- Title
- Ramesses the Great : Egypt's king of kings / Toby Wilkinson.
- Author
- Wilkinson, Toby, 1969-
- Publication
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2023]
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- Additional Authors
- Yale University Press, publisher.
- Description
- 223 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.C., one of the longest reigns in pharaonic history. He was a cultural innovator, a relentless self-promoter, and an astute diplomat--the peace treaty signed after the Battle of Kadesh was the first in recorded history. He outbuilt every other Egyptian pharaoh, leaving behind the temples of Abu Simbel; the great hypostyle hall of Karnak; the tomb for his wife Nefertari; and his own memorial, the Ramesseum. His reputation eclipsed that of all other pharaohs as well: he was decried in the Bible as a despot, famed in literature as Ozymandias, and lauded by early antiquarians as the Younger Memnon. His rule coincided with the peak of ancient Egypt's power and prosperity, the New Kingdom (1539-1069 B.C.)."--Dust jacket.
- Series Statement
- Ancient lives
- Uniform Title
- Ancient lives (Yale University Press)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Great expectations -- War and peace -- A new colossus -- Sons and lovers -- From here to eternity -- Chronology of ancient Egypt -- Chronology of Ramesses II's life and reign.
- ISBN
- 9780300256659
- 0300256655
- 9780300271867 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022941449
- OCLC
- on1346531364
- 1346531364
- SCSB-14488519
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library