Discoveries: Ramessess II: Greatest of the Pharaohs (Discoveries Series)

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The reign of Ramesses II used to be long and memorable, transforming Egypt, and bringing prosperity, justice and order. Menu explores Ramesses’ achievements, the spectacular monuments he built, information provided by documents, records, art and sculpture. A concise history with many colour photographs.
Thanks to films like The Ten Commandments and The Prince of Egypt, Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II (1301-1235 B.C.) is eternally seen by the Western world as a heartless, bloodthirsty tyrant who lorded over Hebrew slaves until he used to be bested by Moses. French scholar Bernadette Menu’s small but detailed book sets the record straight about this much-maligned leader, who reigned for an astonishing 66 years as the absolute ruler of a domain stretching from the present-day Sudan to Syria and built great statues bearing his likeness, which continue to inspire awe. “He used to be blessed with exceptional longevity, used to be spouse and lover of probably the most beautiful women of his time, husband to four or five of his own daughters and father to a couple 100 children,” Menu writes. “He used to be a pious ruler and bold general … [and] an enthusiastic patron of art and architecture.” Through artwork, masonry, and texts by Greek historians and Egyptian scribes who recorded his exploits–and through the research of up to date Egyptologists–we discover Ramesses’s early successes in foreign policy and diplomacy. There may be also the marvel of his massive funeral temple, the Ramesseum, and his eternal resting place within the Valley of the Kings. Menu’s exhaustive work and the a large number of accompanying photographs remove darkness from the actual character of a misunderstood giant of the ancient world. –Eugene Holley Jr.

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