King Ramesses II is considered the most famous king of the Pharaohs. He is the son of the immortal warrior pharaoh, King Seti I the Great, and the son of Queen Tuya.

He married a very large number of women. Perhaps the most famous of them is the charming and beautiful Queen Nefertari. He also fathered a large number of boys and girls. Perhaps the most famous of them is his son and his heir, King Merneptah, the princess, and then Queen Meritamun. No ancient Egyptian king gave birth to children like the great Ramesses II.

Ramesses II ascended the throne of Egypt when he was a young man, twenty-five years old. Ramesses II ruled Egypt for 66 years from 1279 BC. Until 1212 BC. He was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty. The ancients called him the son of the sun gods.

The most famous battle that Ramses II fought was the Battle of Kadesh. King Ramesses II the Great recorded scenes of celebrating his victory in the Battle of Kadesh over the Hittites in many scenes and texts in his monuments that fill the country.

The achievements of King Ramesses II include:

Ramesseum Temple:

The warrior pharaoh Ramesses II built the Temple of Ramesses during his reign in the 13th century BC. It is part of the Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt near the modern city of Luxor..

The creation of many obelisks that still exist to this day in the city of Luxor.

He built many temples, especially the Abu Simbel Temple. This temple is characterized by an amazing geometric pattern, and tourists come annually to watch the sun fall perpendicular to the face of the statue of Ramesses II.

He created two great statues in the city of Memphis and they were found next to the temple of the god Ptah.

He concluded the first peace treaty with the Hittite king Khatusili II.

Ramesses II died at the age of 90 and was buried in one of the amazing rooms in the Valley of the Kings.