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Ramses III

American  

noun

  1. 1198–1167 b.c., king of ancient Egypt.


Ramses III British  

noun

  1. died ?1167 bc , king of ancient Egypt (?1198–?67). His reign was marked by wars in Libya and Syria

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It was built as the mortuary temple of the great pharaoh Ramses III, who reigned from roughly 1186 B.C. to 1155 B.C.

From Slate Apr. 3, 2015

The researchers also analyzed a second mummy called Unknown Man E and found that he was about 18 to 20 at his death and closely related to Ramses III.

From New York Times Dec. 18, 2012

In the Ramesseum and in the palace at Medinet Habu we have pictures of the coronation of Ramses II. and Ramses III.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker

But before this design was executed came the great irruption of the depopulated all Palestine, in the time of Ramses III.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Curious accounts have been preserved of strikes among them at Thebes in the time of Ramses III.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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