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Ram in a Thicket
The Ram in a Thicket, or Ram Caught in a Thicket, is a pair of Sumerian goat statuettes found in the Royal Cemetery of Ur and excavated by Leonard Woolley in 1928–29.
Ram of Amun protecting Taharqa
The Ram of Amun protecting Taharqa is a granite statue type showing the god Amun-Re as a ram sheltering King Taharqa, carved for Kawa in Nubia about 680 BC.
Ramataia
Ramataia (Ramataya) was a Median city lord of Urakazabanu who in 672 BC swore a loyalty treaty to Esarhaddon of Assyria, known from tablets found at Nimrud in 1955.
Ramesses (prince)
Ramesses, also printed Ramessu or Rameses, was a son of the pharaoh Ramesses II of the 19th Dynasty, known from temple son-lists and canopic-jar fragments in the Valley of the Kings tomb KV5.
Ramesses I
Ramesses I (Menpehtyre), founding pharaoh of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty (c. 1295 BC), non-royal soldier-official bound into the succession by Horemheb; reigned about a year, father of Seti I, grandfather of Ramesses II, buried in KV16.
Ramesses II
Ramesses II (Usermaatre-setepenre), third king of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty, reigned about 1279–1213 BC, fought Kadesh to a draw, signed the earliest known peace treaty, fathered about 100 children, and outbuilt every other pharaoh.
Ramesses II–Hattusili III correspondence
The Ramesses II–Hattusili III correspondence is the diplomatic letters exchanged between Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II and Hittite king Hattusili III in the mid-thirteenth century BC.
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
Ramesses III (Usermaatre-meryamun), second king of Egypt's Twentieth Dynasty (c. 1183/82–1152/51 BC), last great warrior pharaoh of the New Kingdom; defeated Libyans and Sea Peoples, built Medinet Habu, died in the harem conspiracy.
Ramesses III prisoner tiles
Ramesses III prisoner tiles are polychrome Egyptian faience tiles depicting bound foreign captives, made under Ramesses III for his ceremonial palace at Medinet Habu, Thebes.
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.
Ramesses IV
Ramesses IV (Heqamaatre Setepenamun), Twentieth Dynasty pharaoh, son of Ramesses III, reigned about six to seven years (c. 1153–1147 BC), built KV2, led Wadi Hammamat expeditions of over 8,000 men.
Ramesses IX
Ramesses IX was the eighth king of Egypt's Twentieth Dynasty, ruling for an estimated 18 years. He is best known for his official investigation of royal tomb robberies at Thebes.
Ramesses V
Ramesses V (Usermaatra Sekheperenra), fourth pharaoh of Egypt's Twentieth Dynasty, son of Ramesses IV, reigned c. 1156–1152 BCE; known for the Wilbour Papyrus land survey, tomb KV9 taken over by Ramesses VI, and a contested smallpox diagnosis.
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.
Rangpur culture
The Rangpur culture is the Late Harappan culture of Gujarat in western India, defined at the type site of Rangpur and characterized by Lustrous Red Ware pottery.