Ramesses II
Biography
Ramesses the Great ruled 66 years, outliving a dozen crown princes. Kadesh against the Hittites, the earliest documented battle, a draw spun as epic triumph on temple walls, Abu Simbel colossi. The first recorded peace treaty followed. Pi-Ramesses capital, the Ramesseum, more monuments than any pharaoh. His mummy, Abu Simbel relocation, the passport, toured Paris 1976. The Ozymandias of Shelley, king of kings.
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