Pi-Ramesses

Pi-Ramesses was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II at Qantir, near the old site of Avaris. The city had served as a summer palace under Seti I, and may have been founded by Ramesses I while he served under Horemheb.
  • Location: Qantir, Al Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
  • Region: Lower Egypt
  • Area: 18 km² (6.9 sq mi)
  • Builder: Ramesses II
  • Founded: 13th century BC
  • Abandoned: Approximately 1060 BC
  • Periods: New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period

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