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  • noun king of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments

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  • They included the oldest-known statue from the world's first city 9000 years ago at Catalhoyuk, the world's first peace treaty (made between Rameses II and the Hittite nation), and inlaid tables from Gordion (the city King Midas was said to have ruled, also famous for the Gordian Knot, which Alexander the Great cut).

    Scott S. Smith: Western Turkey for Americans Scott S. Smith 2011

  • They included the oldest-known statue from the world's first city 9000 years ago at Catalhoyuk, the world's first peace treaty (made between Rameses II and the Hittite nation), and inlaid tables from Gordion (the city King Midas was said to have ruled, also famous for the Gordian Knot, which Alexander the Great cut).

    Scott S. Smith: Western Turkey for Americans Scott S. Smith 2011

  • Likewise, it was found that Napoleon had shown an inordinate amount of interest in Rameses II.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • The study was co-authored by Zahi Hawass, the archaeologist who is in all the TV documentaries, wearing his Indiana Jones hat, and who is the most modest Egyptian since, maybe, Rameses II.

    Dead Egyptian Blues Walter Jon Williams 2010

  • Likewise, it was found that Napoleon had shown an inordinate amount of interest in Rameses II.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • Likewise, it was found that Napoleon had shown an inordinate amount of interest in Rameses II.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • Who was U.K. consul-general in Egypt and had spent ten years “collecting” everything from amulets to saracophagi and a giant bust of Rameses II, much of which he sold to the British Museum.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • Who was U.K. consul-general in Egypt and had spent ten years “collecting” everything from amulets to saracophagi and a giant bust of Rameses II, much of which he sold to the British Museum.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • The Luxor Temple was built by several older pharaohs, but Rameses II comprehensively rebuilt it and so claimed it as his own.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • The Luxor Temple was built by several older pharaohs, but Rameses II comprehensively rebuilt it and so claimed it as his own.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

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