Pi-Ramesses

Pi-Ramesses
The feet of a Ramses II statue at Pi-Ramesses
Pi-Ramesses is located in Egypt
Pi-Ramesses
Shown within Egypt
LocationQantir, Al Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
RegionLower Egypt
Coordinates30°47′56″N 31°50′9″E / 30.79889°N 31.83583°E / 30.79889; 31.83583
TypeSettlement
Area18 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
History
BuilderRamesses II
Founded13th century BCE
AbandonedApproximately 1060 BCE
PeriodsNew Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period

Pi-Ramesses (/pɪərɑːmɛs/; Ancient Egyptian: pr-rꜥ-ms-sw, meaning "House of Ramesses")[1] was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II (1279–1213 BCE) at Qantir, near the old site of Avaris. The city had served as a summer palace under Seti I (c. 1290–1279 BCE), and may have been founded by Ramesses I (c. 1292–1290 BCE) while he served under Horemheb.

  1. ^ Tyldesley, Joyce (October 30, 2001). Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh. Penguin. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-14-028097-5.