King Merneptah
Merneptah is the fourth king of the Nineteenth Dynasty. He is the son of King Ramesses II from his second wife, Est-Nefret, and he is the thirteenth king among Ramesses’ sons, as all of his older brothers died during their father’s lifetime.
Merneptah's rule lasted about ten years, from 1213 BC to 1203 BC.
Merneptah carried out several military campaigns during his rule. In the fifth year of his rule, he launched a campaign against the Libyans for helping the Sea Peoples invade Egypt from the west, and he defeated them.
Merneptah was old when he assumed power, as he was about sixty or seventy years old. He moved the capital from Bar Msis. The capital of Egypt during the reign of his father was transferred to Memphis, where a royal palace was built next to the Temple of Ptah. This palace was discovered in 1915 AD by the American University of Pennsylvania Museum mission.
King Merneptah is the son of King Ramesses II, from the Nineteenth Dynasty. He assumed the throne at an old age and participated in a number of military campaigns. The Victory Stela dates back to his reign. It is one of the most important artifacts and is displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.
The king's mummy was found in 1898 in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV 35) in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
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