Ramses II.

In the record of the earlier of these invasions, that which took place in the reign of Merenptah (1234-1214 B.C.), the successor of Ramses II., it is difficult to trace any names that have Cretan connections.

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

The name of Rethpana, which follows that of Salem, is faultily written in the list of Ramses II., and it is from that of Ramses III. that we have to recover its true form.

Patriarchal Palestine 1889

We gather from the latter that his armies had followed the roads already traversed by Ramses II., had marched through the south of

Patriarchal Palestine 1889

Seti was succeeded by his son Ramses II., the Pharaoh of the Oppression, and the builder of Pithom and Ramses.

Patriarchal Palestine 1889

The writer was a professor, apparently of literature, in the court of Ramses II., and he published a series of letters to his friend, Nekht-sotep, which were long admired as models of style.

Patriarchal Palestine 1889

The names, however, are practically those already enumerated by Ramses II., and they occur in the same order.

Patriarchal Palestine 1889

The legendary exploits of Sesostris, that creation of Greek fancy and ignorance, were fastened upon Ramses II., whose long reign, inordinate vanity, and ceaseless activity as a builder made him one of the most prominent of the old Pharaohs.

Patriarchal Palestine 1889

Like many others, it was not originally planned on its present scale, but represents two or three successive periods of construction, Ramses II., of the Nineteenth

A History of Greek Art Frank Bigelow Tarbell 1886

The three similar giants, little damaged in the course of their long existence, who align the eastern side of this courtyard strewn with blocks, represent, as indeed do all the others, that same Ramses II., whose effigy was multiplied so extravagantly at Thebes and Memphis.

Egypt (La Mort de Philae) Pierre Loti 1886

Phtah and Ramses II.; his name figured at the head of the royal lists, and his cult continued till the time of the Ptolemies.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885