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merenptah

Thutmose usurped by Ramesside family. British Museum. EA61

Thutmose usurped by Ramesside family

This red granite statue of a king wearing the White Crown (Hedjet), was originally from Karnak, and has been recarved with the cartouches (namesake in rectangular-oval casing) of king Ramesses II and his son, the king Merenptah. It is believed this statue originally dates from the 18th Dynasty, and based upon the face and style,...

The Mummy of King Merenptah

Merenptah was the fourth king of the 19th Dynasty and the thirteenth son of Ramesses II (also known as “Ramesses the Great”). His mother was the Great Royal Wife Isetnofret. Because Ramesses II lived to an exceptional age (over ninety years) Merenptah only acceded to the throne late in life, probably in his late sixties,...