February
17
/ 2023
Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III was one of the last great Ancient Egyptian pharaohs of the New Kingdom period. The second ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty, Ramesses III was a notable warrior pharaoh, who had to defend his realm against numerous new invaders. His was a rule of struggle, and Ancient Egypt slowly declined in power, pressured from all sides. But even so, this powerful pharaoh earned himself a dignified burial. He was actually buried in the Valley of the Kings, but also had a lavish and extravagant mortuary temple built for him in Thebes, at the place known today as Medinet Habu. A Mortuary Temple at Medinet Habu, Worthy of a Pharaoh Thebes, known in modern times as Luxor, was
