Ramesses

However, most scholars saw the specific biblical reference to the name Ramesses as a detail that preserved an authentic historical memory.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

However, most scholars saw the specific biblical reference to the name Ramesses as a detail that preserved an authentic historical memory.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

However, most scholars saw the specific biblical reference to the name Ramesses as a detail that preserved an authentic historical memory.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

However, most scholars saw the specific biblical reference to the name Ramesses as a detail that preserved an authentic historical memory.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

Finally, a metal base of a statue carrying the name of Ramesses VI 1143–1136 BCE was found in the ruins of Megiddo, indicating that the great Canaanite center of the Jezreel valley was probably destroyed in the second half of the twelfth century.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

Finally, a metal base of a statue carrying the name of Ramesses VI 1143–1136 BCE was found in the ruins of Megiddo, indicating that the great Canaanite center of the Jezreel valley was probably destroyed in the second half of the twelfth century.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

Finally, a metal base of a statue carrying the name of Ramesses VI 1143–1136 BCE was found in the ruins of Megiddo, indicating that the great Canaanite center of the Jezreel valley was probably destroyed in the second half of the twelfth century.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

Finally, a metal base of a statue carrying the name of Ramesses VI 1143–1136 BCE was found in the ruins of Megiddo, indicating that the great Canaanite center of the Jezreel valley was probably destroyed in the second half of the twelfth century.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

Last, but by far not least, we move forward to Ramesses II (aka Ramesses the Great), father of 200 children and conquerer of, well, everything if you believe his self-congratulatory inscriptions.

Ten Thousand Men, One Million Stone Blocks, and a Couple of Sleds 2006

The opening lines asked the following: "He was depeicted as a superman but who was he and did he really deserve to be called Ramesses the great?"

Egyptology News 2009