Pharaoh Ramesses III

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkb:human
gptkbp:birthName Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:KV11,_Valley_of_the_Kings
gptkbp:causeOfDeath Assassination
gptkbp:child gptkb:Pentawer
gptkb:Ramesses_IV
gptkb:Ramesses_VI
gptkb:Khaemwaset
gptkbp:deathDate c. 1155 BC
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:Reliefs_at_Medinet_Habu
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Twentieth_Dynasty_of_Egypt
gptkbp:era gptkb:New_Kingdom
gptkbp:father gptkb:Setnakhte
gptkbp:hasTemple gptkb:Medinet_Habu
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pharaoh Ramesses III
gptkbp:knownFor Defending Egypt from Sea Peoples
Last great pharaoh of the New Kingdom
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Mortuary_Temple_of_Ramesses_III
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Tiy-merenese
gptkbp:mummyDiscovered 1886
gptkbp:mummyLocation gptkb:Egyptian_Museum,_Cairo
gptkbp:notableAction Major building projects
Assassinated by court members
Economic decline during reign
Fought Libyan invasions
Fought Sea Peoples
Issued food rations to workers
Labor strike at Deir el-Medina
Maintained Egyptian empire in Canaan and Nubia
Restored order after Setnakhte's reign
Victim of Harem Conspiracy
Faced economic difficulties due to invasions and strikes
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Harris_Papyrus
gptkb:Sea_Peoples_invasion
gptkb:Harem_Conspiracy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Setnakhte
gptkbp:reignEnd c. 1155 BC
gptkbp:reignStart c. 1186 BC
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Egyptian
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Iset_Ta-Hemdjert
gptkb:Titi
Tyti
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ramesses_IV
gptkb:Ramesses_V
gptkb:Ramesses_VI
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
Lord of the Two Lands
Son of Ra
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ekwesh
gptkb:Invasions_of_the_Sea_Peoples
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6