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Ramesses (/ˈræməsiːz/) — also commonly spelled Rameses or Ramses (/ˈræmsiːz/) — is the name conventionally given in English transliteration to 11 Egyptian pharaohs of the later New Kingdom period. The name Ramesses means "Ra [is] the one who gave birth [to] him".
Variants of the name include Ramose and Paramessu; these various spellings could be used to refer to the same person.
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Ramesses II (variously transliterated as "Rameses" (/ˈræməsiːz/) or "Ramses" (/ˈræmsiːz/ or /ˈræmziːz/); born c. 1303 BC; died July or August 1213 BC; reigned 1279–1213 BC), also known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire. His successors and later Egyptians called him the "Great Ancestor". Ramesses II led several military expeditions into the Levant, reasserting Egyptian control over Canaan. He also led expeditions to the south, into Nubia, commemorated in inscriptions at Beit el-Wali and Gerf Hussein.
At age fourteen, Ramesses was appointed Prince Regent by his father Seti I. He is believed to have taken the throne in his late teens and is known to have ruled Egypt from 1279 BC to 1213 BC. Estimates of his age at death vary; 90 or 91 is considered most likely. Ramesses II celebrated an unprecedented 14 sed festivals (the first held after thirty years of a pharaoh's reign, and then every three years) during his reign—more than any other pharaoh. On his death, he was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings; his body was later moved to a royal cache where it was discovered in 1881, and is now on display in the Cairo Museum.
All Rise to The Sabbath
Into The Circle
Low Key
Baptised at The Sabbath
Walk Blind
Low Key
Into The Circle
Drawn Swords
And spell The Pentagram
with strokes of Five
All Rise to The Sabbath
Into The Circle
Low Key
Baptised at The Sabbath
Walk Blind
Low Key
Lay on your back Blinded by Sun
Blackened as before
All your work undone
Cascading through these Fields of Death
Burning your Mind
Burning your Mind
Spitting Coffin Nails
The Deadening End
Always Knowing the Task
Lifeless Timeless
Glory and Light
Crushed by Fate
Born too Late