Pharaoh Rameses III
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Ramses III a powerful warrior pharaoh. The relief of the pharaoh slaying his enemies. The image of the powerful and mighty warrior king defeating his enemies on the wall fighting against sea people or pirates. In the eighth year of his ascension to the throne Ramses III defeated the sea enemies near the Mediterranean coast who tried to invade Egypt from the eastern land border until the fall of Mycenae and the beginning of the Trojan War. Ramses III also faced battles with the Libyans near the western border of Egypt as well as protecting the Egyptians from invasions and attempts to settle with sea people or pirates until many people emigrated from the nearby areas. That Pharaoh Ramses III defeated the sea enemies to Egypt again.
The second king of the 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt Ramses III was one of the most powerful Egyptian pharaohs before religious and cultural changes including the assassination plot of Ramses III. The Harem Conspiracy The pharaoh was assassinated in a plot involving his secondary wife and her son. The trial of the group led by Ramses wife resulted in the most severe Egyptian death penalty and the prisoner was forced to commit suicide. Papyrus from the reign of Ramses provides information about the assassination plot of Ramses III and during the trial Ramses III died before the trial could be concluded and is believed to be part of the Egyptian royal conspiracy.
King Ramses III offers sacrifices before the Ark of Amun Second Court Northern Wall Temple of Ramses III.
The late reign of Ramses III led to greater prosperity the construction of houses and the donation of large areas of land to the most important temples in Thebes Memphis and Heliopolis. He ruled for 31 years. According to the Great Harris Papyrus Ramses III combined cultural and religious changes with laws. Ancient Egyptian beliefs culture changed while the priest Amun-Ra gained power and political influence. The beginning of religious changes with the pharaohs until the protests of money the construction of more royal tombs and political unrest insufficient food supplies that depleted the treasury. The climate was bad and the reign of Ramses III began the most stable cultural and religious trends in Egyptian history. The war with the Sea People guerrillas in the Mediterranean region.
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The devotion of Amun-Ra the god of Ramses III
Ramses III emphasized the closeness to the gods endowing the temple of Amun-Ra and other temples in his literature lithic art and architecture. Ramses III was the first king since Akhenaten to compose a hymn inscribed in the temple of Amun at Karnak. In terms of personal devotion to the god Amun-Ra Ramses III's literature used religious themes in a special way promoting the ancient Egyptian god as a pious figure.
Statue of Ramses III from the Mut area in Karnak
The reign of Ramses III saw religious and cultural changes that led to a new relationship between the Egyptians and their gods which affected the king's identification and contact with the divine world. The concept of personal religion allowed the worshipper and the gods to communicate directly without intermediaries. The pharaoh was still the son of god but now he was on the same level as the common people no longer a chief priest or a single intermediary. His actions were increasingly dependent on the will of the gods, often spoken through prophecies. However this new method of communicating with the gods relied on the interpretation of the priests giving the priests greater power while the king had less power in the religious sphere. The king could no longer use religion as a tool to control the masses.
The plot to assassinate Ramses III took place in 1155 BC the second pharaoh of the 20th dynasty of Egypt. An ancient document called the Judicial Papyrus of Turin details the plot to assassinate Ramses III. It states that the armed assassins could not be identified although the so-called harem conspiracy succeeded in killing Ramses III.
Sarcophagus of Ramses III
Other members of the royal family and Ramses III's embalmer attempted to conceal Ramses's wounds with post-mortem plastic surgery which would not cause strife among the royal family and accompany the pharaoh to the afterlife. They made prosthetic toes out of linen and covered them with thick layers of resin since the linen could not be removed from the feet. The plot to assassinate Ramses III took place in 1155 BC the second pharaoh of the 20th dynasty of Egypt. An ancient document called the Judicial Papyrus of Turin details the plot to assassinate Ramses III stating that the assassins used weapons could not be identified. Although the so-called harem conspiracy succeeded in killing Ramses III.
A renowned Egyptologist and radiologist from Cairo University have scanned the mummy of Ramses III. The CT scans of the mummy are helping to shed more light on how the god-king met his end. An ancient document called the Judicial Papyrus of Turin states that Ramses III's second wife Tiye and her son Pentawere conspired with others to assassinate Ramses III. The attempt was to choose an heir from among Ramses III's senior wives and Ramses IV survived the assassination attempt.
The shape of the broken toe bones also suggests that the weapon was used to injure his neck at the same time as the slash and reveals that the assassination had severed his esophagus and trachea causing instant death. When 19th-century researchers attempted to unwrap the mummy's shroud a great secret was hidden beneath it. This was the intention of ancient Egyptian embalmers in the past who wanted to apply a large amount of resin to the layers of shroud to the body and feet. Various materials were found to have been stuffed under the late pharaoh's skin to make it look fuller.
