Merneptah (occasionally: Merenptah) was pharaoh of Ancient Egypt (1213 – 1203 BC), the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty. He was the 13th son of Ramesses II and came to power first after all his older brothers had died, by which time he was almost sixty years old. His throne name was Ba-en-re Mery-netjeru, which means "The Soul of Re, Beloved of the Gods". This article refers to the historical Pharaoh. ... Map of Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt was the civilization of the Nile Valley between about 3000 BC and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. As a civilization based on irrigation, it is the quintessential example of a hydraulic empire. ... Centuries: 14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC Decades: 1260s BC 1250s BC 1240s BC 1230s BC 1220s BC - 1210s BC - 1200s BC 1190s BC 1180s BC 1170s BC 1160s BC Events and Trends 1213 BC - Theseus, legendary King of Athens is deposed and succeeded by Menestheus, great... Centuries: 14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC Decades: 1250s BC 1240s BC 1230s BC 1220s BC 1210s BC - 1200s BC - 1190s BC 1180s BC 1170s BC 1160s BC 1150s BC Events and Trends 1204 BC - Theseus, legendary King of Athens is deposed after a reign of 30... History of Ancient Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty The Nineteenth Dynasty was founded by the soldier Ramesses I, to whom Pharaoh Horemheb willed the throne. ... Ramesses II, Abu Simbel Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses the Great and alternatively transcribed as Ramses and Rameses) was an Egyptian pharaoh. ...

Stone sarcophagus of Merneptah in KV8

Merenptah was probably the fourth child of Ramesses II's second wife, Istnofret (Isisnofret). He was married to queen Istnofret (Isisnofret), who must have been his sister, and possibly also to a queen Takhat. One of his sons with Istnofret was Seti-Merneptah, who probably became later pharaoh as Seti II. Sarcophagus of Pharaoh Merenptah Tomb KV8, Valley of the Kings Photo taken by Hajor, Dec. ... Sarcophagus of Pharaoh Merenptah Tomb KV8, Valley of the Kings Photo taken by Hajor, Dec. ... Seti II (reigned 1204 BC - 1198 BC) was the sixth ruler of the nineteenth dynasty of Egypt. ...

It is likely that it is this pharaoh who is mentioned in the book Exodus. Without doubt he had to carry out several campaigns during his reigns, mainly fighting against the Libyans, who – with the assistance of the Sea People – were threatening Egypt from the West. His campaign against the Libyans was glorified in his famous stele, which also references a campaign in the Levant. This article is about the second book in the Torah. ... Sea Peoples is the term used in ancient Egyptian records of a race of ship-faring raiders who drifted into the eastern shores of the Mediterranean and attempted to enter Egyptian territory during the late 19th dynasty, and especially year 5 of Rameses III of the 20th Dynasty. ... The Merneptah Stele is the reverse of a stela erected by Amenhotep III written by Merneptah. ... The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in Southwest Asia south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the west, and the north Arabian Desert and Mesopotamia to the east. ...

He died a natural death in high age. He was succeeded by his son Amenmesse, possibly a son of queen Takhat. His tomb is number KV8 in the Valley of the Kings, but his mummy was not found within this tomb. In 1898 it was discovered along with 18 others in the mummy cache within the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35). Amenmesses was the 5th ruler of the 19th Dynasty in Ancient Egypt, possibly the son of Merneptah and queen Takhat. ... Valley of the Kings The Valley of the Kings, or Wadi el-Muluk (وادي الملوك) in Arabic, is a valley in Egypt where tombs were built for the Pharaohs of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties. ... A mummy is a preserved corpse that, due to shielding from decomposition by either natural or artificial means, has retained its physical form. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... nomen or birth name Aakheperure Amenhotep II (died 1400 BC) was the 7th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. ...