Ramesses or Ramses may refer to:

Ancient Egypt

Pharaohs of the nineteenth dynasty

Ramesses I Menpehtyre Ramesses I (or Ramses) was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 19th Dynasty. The dates for his short reign are not completely known but the timeline of late 1290s BC, 1292–1290 BC is frequently cited ...

, founder of the 19th Dynasty *

Ramesses II Ramesses II (sometimes written Ramses or Rameses) (; , , ; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was an Pharaoh, Egyptian pharaoh. He was the third ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty. Along with Thutmose III of th ...

, also called "Ramesses the Great" ** Prince Ramesses (prince), second son of Ramesses II ** Prince Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben, a son of Ramesses II

Pharaohs of the twentieth dynasty

Ramesses III Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt, Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. Some scholars date his reign from 26 March 1186 to 15 April 1155 BC, and he is considered the last pharaoh of the New K ...

, adversary of the Sea Peoples * Ramesses IV * Ramesses V *

Ramesses VI Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun (sometimes written Ramses or Rameses, also known under his princely name of Amenherkhepshef C) was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for about eight years in the mid-to-late 12th centur ...

* Ramesses VII * Ramesses VIII * Ramesses IX * Ramesses X * Ramesses XI

Locations

Pi-Ramesses Pi-Ramesses (; Ancient Egyptian: , meaning "House of Ramesses") was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC) at Qantir, near the old site of Avaris. The city had served as a ...

, founded by pharaoh Ramesses II on the former site of Avaris

Books

* The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned, a novel by Anne Rice * The ''Ramses'' (''Ramsès'') series of five best-selling historical novels, by French author and Egyptologist

Christian Jacq Christian Jacq (; born 28 April 1947) is a French author and Egyptology, Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book series about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly. Biography Born i ...

Entertainers and artists

* Albert Marchinsky, an illusionist whose stage name was "The Great Rameses" * Ramases, an early-1970s-era British musician * Ramsés VII, pseudonym used by Argentine singer-songwriter Tanguito (1945-1972) *

Ramesses (band) Ramesses was a British extreme metal band from Dorset, initially featuring former members of Electric Wizard. History Ramesses was formed in February 2003 by Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening (ex-Electric Wizard) with Adam Richardson formerly of ...

, an English sludge/doom metal band, formed by ex-Electric Wizard members Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening *

Ramses Shaffy Ramses Shaffy (29 August 1933 – 1 December 2009) was a Dutch-French singer and actor who became popular during the 1960s. His most famous songs include "Zing, vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder", "We zullen doorgaan", "Pastorale", "Samm ...

(1933–2009), Dutch singer * Ramses Younan (1913–1966), Egyptian painter and writer

Fictional characters

* King Ramses, a minor villain in the animated cartoon '' Courage the Cowardly Dog'' * Walter 'Ramses' Emerson, a fictional character in the

Amelia Peabody series The Amelia Peabody series is a series of twenty historical mystery novels and one non-fiction companion volume written by Egyptologist Barbara Mertz (1927–2013) under the pen name Elizabeth Peters. The series is centered on the adventures o ...

by Elizabeth Peters * Ramses XIII, protagonist of the 1895 historical novel ''

Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...

'' by Bolesław Prus

Military

* MV ''Ramses'', a German blockade runner sunk by HMAS ''Adelaide'' in 1942 * The Ramses II tank, an Egyptian main battle tank

Other uses

* Ramses, a brand of condom manufactured by

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* Ramses (spacecraft) (Rapid Apophis Mission for SEcurity and Safety), the proposed space mission by the European Space Agency to rendezvous with the asteroid

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* Rameses (mascot), the mascot for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill {{disambiguation, hndis