![]() Ancient Greek writers such as Herodotus attributed his accomplishments to the semi-mythical Sesostris, and he is traditionally believed to have been the Pharaoh of the Exodus due to a tradition started by Eusebius of Caesarea. He was once said to have lived to be 99 years old, but it is more likely that he died in his 90th or 92nd year. He is believed to have taken the throne in his early 20s and to have ruled Egypt from 1279 BC to 1213 BC for a total of 66 years and 2 months. At age fourteen, Ramses II was appointed Prince Regent by his father. ![]() Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses the Great and alternatively transcribed as Ramses and Rameses *Riʕmīsisu) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. Ramesses II: one of four external seated statues at Abu Simbel.
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