The Nineteenth Dynasty (1293 - 1185 B.C.E.) continued

nRamesses I

nSeti I

nRamesses II

       --Nefertari

nMerneptah

n    Merneptah (13th of Ramesses II’s many sons) succeeded his father

–    He was an aged man at the time of his succession

–    Dealt handily with insurrections in Lybia and Nubia

–    A record of sending grain to Hattusas to alleviate a famine in the Levant

–    For a time, Biblical scholars also considered him a candidate for the Pharaoh of the exodus because his body was not found

--It has subsequently been identified as one of the mummies “cached” in

  Amenhotep II’s tomb

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nAmenmesses

n    The accession of Amenmesses is a curious one in that he is not the designated heir to Merneptah

–    Seti-Merneptah was the heir designate in his father’s inscriptions

–    Amenmesses ruled for only 4 years before his death, his tomb showing signs of damnatio memoriae

nThe subsequent accession of Seti II may actually be the Seti-Merneptah who previously was intended to succeed

nSeti II

n    Seti II acceded to the throne following Amenmesses

–    He is mostly of note for his family

–    He had three queens that are known – Takhat II, Twosret and Tiaa

--The son of Twosret was

   positioned to succeed (Seti-   

    Merenptah)

 --The eldest son died before his

    father leaving a younger son

    of Tiaa, Siptah, to succeed

    his father

 --When he died in the sixth

   year of his reign, Twosret (his

    step-mother) declared herself

   queen with full pharaonic

   titles and power

 --Twosret disappears from the

   record after a brief reign

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n(Siptah)

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n(Twosret)

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