Pi-Ramesse: Pharaoh Ramesses II’s Great Capital Surprisingly Identified In Two Locations

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Pi-Ramesse (Piramesse) is an example of an ancient city of great importance, which archaeologists surprisingly identified in two locations. It took a long time for them to piece together artifacts from these two sites and create an accurate image of Pi-Ramesse (also called Per Ramessu).

Seti I founded Pi-Ramesse, and his son Ramesses, who reigned 1279–1213 BC, turned it into the influential metropolis of the Ramesside kings of the 13th-12th centuries BC.

In the meantime, Thebes and Memphis functioned as religious and administrative centers.

Qantir, which is situated approximately 100 km from Cairo, Egypt, is the modern name of the site of Pi-Ramesses ("The city of Ramesses" or "(House or Domain of Ramesses"), which was also an important harbor town.

Later, after Pharaoh Ramesses's death, Pi-Ramesse was relocated. The original location of the ancient city was widely debated.

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