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Ramesses VI
Ramesses VI, also spelled Rameses VI, was a Twentieth Dynasty pharaoh of Egypt, c. 1143–1136 BC, who succeeded his nephew Ramesses V and ruled about eight years.
Ramesses VII
Ramesses VII, throne name Usermaatre Setepenre Meryamun, was a Twentieth Dynasty pharaoh of Egypt, probably the son of Ramesses VI, buried in tomb KV1 in the Valley of the Kings.
Ramesses VIII
Ramesses VIII (Usermaatra Akhenamen), pharaoh of Egypt's 20th Dynasty between Ramesses VII and IX; ninth son of Ramesses III, about a one-year reign, no tomb known in the Valley of the Kings, highest attestation Year 1.
Ramesses XI
Ramesses XI (Menmaatra Setepenptah), last pharaoh of Egypt's Twentieth Dynasty and the New Kingdom, reigned at least 29 years amid civil war, Panehsi's rebellion, the whm mswt Renaissance era, and the rise of Herihor and Smendes.
Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben
Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben, also written Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebwaben, was a son of Pharaoh Ramesses II, recorded as son number 46 of about 50 sons and reportedly buried in the Fayum.
Ramessesnakht
Ramessesnakht, also rendered Ramessesnakhte, was High Priest of Amun at Thebes in the late Twentieth Dynasty, appointed under Ramesses IV and serving until Ramesses IX's reign.
Ramesseum Dramatic Papyrus
The Ramesseum Dramatic Papyrus is a Middle Kingdom hieroglyphic papyrus recording a royal ritual for Senwosret I, found at Thebes in 1896 and held in the British Museum.
Ramesseum king list
The Ramesseum king list is a relief on the second western pylon of Ramesses II's memorial temple at Thebes, honoring 14 royal ancestors at the festival of Min.
Ramesseum magician's box
The Ramesseum magician's box is a wooden chest of magical and ritual equipment found in 1895–96 in a shaft tomb beneath the Ramesseum, Ramesses II's temple at Thebes.
Ramesseum medical papyri
The Ramesseum medical papyri are three Egyptian medical manuscripts of about 1800–1700 BC, found in 1896 in a tomb beneath the Ramesseum, Ramesses II's funerary temple at Thebes.
Ramose (general)
Ramose was an army officer of Egypt's late 18th Dynasty, buried at Saqqara in a tomb immediately beside Horemheb's Memphite tomb, attested by shabti figures.
Ramose (prince)
Ramose, distinguished as Ramose A by Egyptologists, was a prince of ancient Egypt's early 18th Dynasty, a son of Ahmose I, attested by a Liverpool statue, a stela, and a Theban tomb listing.
Ramose (vizier)
Ramose was a vizier of Egypt under Amenhotep III and Akhenaten in Dynasty 18, best known for his unfinished Theban tomb TT55 at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, opposite Luxor.
Ramose and Hatnofer
Ramose and Hatnofer, often spelled Hatnefer, were an Egyptian couple of the 18th Dynasty, parents of Senenmut, best known for their intact burial found at Thebes in 1936.
Ramushenti
Ramushenti was a nomarch of the Oryx nome, the 16th nome of Upper Egypt, during Egypt's 11th Dynasty, known from his rock-cut tomb 27 at Beni Hasan.
Raphia Decree
The Raphia Decree, also called the Decree of Raphia, is a trilingual Egyptian priestly decree of 217 BC honoring Ptolemy IV after the Battle of Raphia.
Rashepses
Rashepses, also read Shepsesre, was a chief justice and vizier of ancient Egypt's Fifth Dynasty who served King Djedkare Isesi and was buried in a large mastaba tomb at Saqqara.
Rawer (official)
Rawer was an Old Kingdom Egyptian official at the 5th Dynasty court, likely under King Neferirkare Kakai, known from his large mastaba tomb at Giza.
Rawer (vizier)
Rawer was a vizier of ancient Egypt's 6th Dynasty who served King Pepi I, known chiefly from his mastaba tomb at Saqqara near Teti's pyramid.
Reanap
Reanap was an Egyptian commissioner of the mid-14th century BC, attested in the Amarna letters, who served as the pharaoh's representative among the vassal rulers of Egyptian-dominated Syria and Palestine.
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.
Recovery expedition of Sabni
The recovery expedition of Sabni was an Old Kingdom Egyptian venture into Nubia under Pepi II, recovering the body of Sabni's father Mekhu, governor of Aswan.
Red Pyramid
The Red Pyramid at Dahshur, Egypt, is the third pyramid of King Sneferu (4th Dynasty), the third-largest Egyptian pyramid after Khufu's and Khafre's, with a ~43-degree slope, three corbelled chambers, a granite sarcophagus, and about 10–11 years of construction.
Rehuankh
Rehuankh is an ancient Egyptian personal name, written in hieroglyphs, recorded in three sentences in the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus from 2278 to 1688 BCE.
Rehuerdjersen
Rehuerdjersen was an ancient Egyptian royal treasurer of the early Twelfth Dynasty, serving under Amenemhat I and Senwosret I, and known from a stela at Abydos and a mastaba tomb at Lisht North.
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.
Reign of Cleopatra
The Reign of Cleopatra, also called the Reign of Cleopatra VII, was the last Ptolemaic ruler's 21-year rule of Egypt, from 51 to 30 BC.
Reign of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VI
The reign of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VI was the joint rule of a brother and sister over Ptolemaic Egypt in two phases, 170–164 and 163–145 BC.
Reign of Crocodile
Horus Crocodile is a putative ruler of Dynasty 0 in ancient Egypt, proposed by Günter Dreyer from ink inscriptions at Tarkhan, though his existence is disputed.
Reign of Den
Den, throne name Semti, was a First Dynasty king of Egypt who ruled in the twenty-ninth century BCE, the first attested with the title King of Upper and Lower Egypt.