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Mining expedition of Ramesses IV to the Wadi Hammamat
The mining expeditions of Ramesses IV to the Wadi Hammamat (c. 1156–1150 BC) quarried prized bekhen-stone for his mortuary monuments, the largest workforce exceeding 8,000 men.
Nubian campaign of Hatshepsut
The Nubian campaigns of Hatshepsut were military expeditions sent by the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut against Nubia in the 1470s and 1460s BCE, during the early 18th Dynasty.
Nubian campaigns of Thutmose III
The Nubian campaigns of Thutmose III were Egyptian expeditions that completed the conquest of Upper Nubia during his reign, extending Egyptian rule to the Fourth Cataract of the Nile.
Ramesses II's campaigns in Syria
Ramesses II's campaigns in Syria were Egyptian invasions against the Hittite king Muwatalli II, culminating in the Battle of Kadesh around 1274 BC and ending with an early peace treaty.
Ramesses III's war against the Meshwesh
Ramesses III's war against the Meshwesh, also called the Second Libyan War, was fought in Egypt's western Delta in Year 11 of his reign, around 1174 BC.
Rebellion of Aata
The rebellion of Aata was a revolt against the Egyptian king Ahmose I in the early 18th Dynasty, after his Nubian campaign, ending with Aata captured alive at Tent-taa.
Reign of Ay
The Reign of Ay was the four-year rule of pharaoh Ay of Egypt's Dynasty 18, from about 1327 to 1323 BC, after Tutankhamun died without an heir.
Restoration under Tutankhamun
The restoration under Tutankhamun, also called the Restoration of Amun, restored Egypt's traditional gods and temples after Akhenaten's Atenism, documented by the Restoration Stela from Karnak.
Revolt of Panehesy
The Revolt of Panehesy, also called the Rebellion of Panehesy, was the takeover of Thebes by the Viceroy of Kush Panehsy under Ramesses XI, around 1089 BC.
Sea Peoples invasion of Egypt
The Sea Peoples invasion of Egypt was a coalition attack on the Nile Delta in Ramesses III's eighth regnal year, defeated on land and at sea around 1177 BC.
Second Asiatic campaign of Amenhotep II
The second Asiatic campaign of Amenhotep II was a Year 9 expedition into central Palestine, as far as the Sea of Galilee, known from the Memphis stela.
Sed festival of Amenhotep III
The Sed festival of Amenhotep III, or Heb-Sed of Amenhotep III, was a series of three royal jubilees held in regnal Years 30, 34, and 37 at Malqata in western Thebes.
Siege of Dapur
The siege of Dapur was an attack by Ramesses II on a fortified town in north Syria in his regnal Year 8, after the Battle of Kadesh.
Siege of Joppa
The Siege of Joppa, known in Egyptian literature as The Taking of Joppa, was the capture of rebellious Joppa (Jaffa) by general Djehuty under Thutmose III around 1460 BC.
Siege of Sharuhen
The Siege of Sharuhen was a three-year siege of the southern Canaanite city of Sharuhen by the Egyptian king Ahmose I, ending the war with the Hyksos.
Siege of Tunip
The Siege of Tunip was the capture of the Hittite-aligned Syrian city of Tunip by the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, between Kadesh in 1274 BC and the 1259/8 BC treaty.
Suppression of Amenhotep
The suppression of Amenhotep, also called the War of the High Priest, was the removal of the High Priest of Amun from office at Thebes for about eight months, around 1089–1088 BC.
Tomb robberies of the Ramesside era
The tomb robberies of the Ramesside era were thefts from the Theban necropolis in the late 20th Dynasty of Egypt, c. 1110–1070 BC, investigated by commissions recorded in the Tomb Robbery Papyri.
War of the High Priest
The War of the High Priest, also called the War of the High Priest of Amun, was Panehsy's suppression of High Priest Amenhotep at Thebes around 1089 BCE.
Zannanza affair
The Zannanza affair was a diplomatic episode around 1327 BC in which a widowed Egyptian queen asked the Hittite king for a son to marry; the prince died en route.