Pi-Ramesses
Pi-Ramesses (; Ancient Egyptian: , 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.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Pi-Ramesses
- Ancient site.image
- Kolossalstatue Qantir.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- The feet of a Ramses II statue at Pi-Ramesses
- Ancient site.map_type
- Egypt
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Qantir, Al Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
- Ancient site.region
- Lower Egypt
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.builder
- Ramesses II
- Ancient site.built
- 13th century BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- Approximately 1060 BC
- Ancient site.epochs
- New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period
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Pi-Ramesses (; Ancient Egyptian: , 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.
==Discovery== thumb|Map of Lower Egypt showing Tanis, Egypt|Tanis and [[Avaris, near Pi-Ramesses]]
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