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Pi-Ramesses

Faqous, Egypt · built -1277

Pi-Ramesses (; Ancient Egyptian: pr-rꜥ-ms-sw, meaning "House of Ramesses") was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC) at Qantir, near the old site of Avaris. The city had served as a summer palace under Seti I (c. 1290–1279 BC), and may have been founded by Ramesses I (c. 1292–1290 BC) while he served under Horemheb.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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