noun
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There’s Rameses the ram from North Carolina, Sebastian the ibis from Miami, the stuffed version of Bevo from Texas.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2022
With the exception of a wonderful scene in Rameses II's tomb, there is no genuine sense of place.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2022
“So let it be written, so let it be done,” as Rameses II said.
From Washington Times • Mar. 30, 2021
Having been recently criticised for tactless cultural appropriation, perhaps Perry decided that caricaturing ancient civilisations was the safest option, assuming that the ghost of Rameses II doesn't have a Tumblr account.
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2014
The successor of Rameses, Meneptah II., is hardly the son which one would expect to follow such a father.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
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