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Encyclopedia > Ramesses VIII

Usermaatre Akhenamun Ramesses VIII (also written Ramses and Rameses) Sethherkhepshef Meryamun(1126-1124 BC) was the seventh Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt and is thought to have been a son of Ramesses III. He is the most obscure ruler of this Dynasty and the current information from his brief kingship suggest that he lasted on the throne for one or two years at most. Monuments from his reign are almost non-existent and consist primarily of an inscription at Medinet Habu, a mention of this ruler in one stela--Berlin stela 2081 of Hori at Abydos--and one scarab. His only known date is a Year 1, I Peret day 2 graffito in the tomb of Kyenebu at Thebes [Tomb No.113: see P.M. I, i (1960), pp. 230-231] Events Rutherglen becomes one of the first Royal Burghs in Scotland. ... Centuries: 13th century BC - 12th century BC - 11th century BC Decades: 1170s BC 1160s BC 1150s BC 1140s BC 1130s BC - 1120s BC - 1110s BC 1100s BC 1090s BC 1080s BC 1070s BC Events and trends 1126 BC - Thymoetes, legendary King of Athens, dies childless after a reign of 8... Pharaoh (Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (without niqqud: פרעה), Standard Hebrew Parʿo, Tiberian Hebrew Parʿōh, Arabic فرعون) is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. ... Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twentieth Dynasty. ... The New Kingdom is the period in Egyptian history between the 16th century BCE and the 11th century BCE, covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt. ... The history of ancient Egypt begins around 3300 BC when Egypt became a unified Egyptian state. ... Osirid statues of Ramses III at his temple at Medinet Habu. ... Stele is also a concept in plant biology. ...


Of all the Pharaohs of the Twentieth Dynasty, his tomb is the only one which has not been identified in the Valley of the Kings, though some scholars have suggested that the tomb of Prince Mentuherkhepshef, KV19, the son of Ramesses IX, was originally started for Ramesses VIII but proved unsuitable when he became a king in his own right. View over the East Valley 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 and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. ... The Egyptian Prince Rameses Mentuherkhepeshef was the son of Rameses IX. He is buried in tomb KV19, in the Valley of the Kings, near Thebes, in Egypt. ... Tomb KV19, located in a side branch of the Valley of the Kings, was intended as the burial place of Prince Ramses Sethherkhepshef, better known as Ramses VIII, but was later used for the burial of Prince Mentuherkhepshef, the son of Ramses IX, who died during the reign on Ramses... Tomb Interior of Ramesses IX Neferkare Ramesses IX (also written Ramses and Rameses) (1124 BC – 1106 BC) was the eighth king of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. ...

Preceded by:
Ramesses VII
Pharaoh of Egypt
Twentieth Dynasty
Succeeded by:
Ramesses IX

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