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tl;dr: pharaoh Ramses II did great things but lived 90 years, outliving many of his sons, and soon after he died his kingdom fell into civil wars over successio

• lonelyasacloud 4y ago
  Ramses II said he did great things and fathered a lot of children - like a lot of rulers ancient and modern.
  • rnd0 4y ago
    Well, we do have the tomb he made for his family (KV5 if I remember correctly)...
  • ciphol 4y ago
    Presumably a pharaoh who ruled for decades would indeed have lots of kids, if he wanted to and (as most are) was physically able.
• kromem 4y ago
  There's more to it than what the article goes into. For example, Ramses II's forensic report says he appears to have been a Lybian Berber. The Greeks told a story about how there was a conflict between Danaus, the leader of Lybia, and his brother the Pharoh of Egypt who had fifty sons. The single day Lybian/sea peoples war against Ramses II's successor has a lot in common with the single day battle Odysseus talks about going to against Egypt as soon as Troy fell, where he's taken captive and parties with the Pharoh until after seven years a "certain Phonecian" showed up and tries to ransom him to Lybia. Seven years after that Lybian/sea peoples battle is when Amenmesse seized power from Seti II. The account of Ramses III about the end of the 19th dynasty described fairly Phonecian elements like the city governors collectively ruling or "making the gods like men" - almost identical wording to the opening euhemerism of Sanchoniathon's Phonecian myths. I suspect our understanding of the end of the 19th dynasty will be changing quite a bit over the next decade...
• DavidNielsen 4y ago
  He had 99 problems, but an heir ain’t one?