Ramses II (also known as Ramesses II or Ramses the Great) was born at about “1303 BCE in the Eastern Nile Delta” (www.uk.sis.gov.eg). He “was the son of the god Amun (who had assumed human form as King Set I) and an earthly mother, Queen Tuya” (Denver Museum of Natural History, Ramses II The Great Pharaoh And His Time 24). He was the third pharaoh of the XIX dynasty in which was started at Ramses I. He is known as a “legend of his own time” (Denver Museum of Natural History, Ramses II The Great Pharaoh And His Time 24). He is most known for victory at the Battle of Kadesh, his temple of Abu Simbel, and his long 66 year and 2 month reign (the second largest in Egyptian history). He was very confident in his skills as a pharaoh to the point t
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