Ramesses II Impales Libyan Enemy, 12th Century BC

Hand colored etching from Monumenti dell Egitto e della Nubia by Ippolito Rosellini from a wall relief on the Great Temple of Abu Simbel. Depicts Ramesses II about to impale a Libyan enemy with his spear while he tramples another enemy he has already killed. Note that the spear is unrealistically shown behind his head so as not to cover his face. Ramesses II (1303-1213 BC) referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh (reigned 1279-1213 BC) of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire. There are no detailed accounts of Ramesses II's undertaking large military actions against the Libyans, only generalised records of his conquering and crushing them, which may or may not refer to specific events that were otherwise unrecorded. Ippolito Rosellini (1800-1843) was an Italian Egyptologist

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Celebrated Egyptologist Impale Ippolito Libyan Noted Pharaoh Ramesses Simbel

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