Ramesses III

RAMESSES III (reign: 1186–1155 BC), second pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt (not to be confused with the more famous Ramesses II “the Great”, the one with red hair, who belonged to the Nineteenth Dynasty). Ramesses III, often described as a warrior pharaoh, reigned during the period known as the Late Bronze Age Collapse, when all the major powers of the Mediterranean were coming to an end, and the Iron Age was in the horizon. As part of this apocalyptic context, Ramesses III is mostly known for having defeated in two great battles the coalition of pirates of diverse origins known as the “Sea Peoples”: first at the land Battle of Djahy (1178 BC), in southern Lebanon, and later at the Battle of the Delta (1175 BC), which is the first recorded naval battle in history (as already explained in my post of the Sherden warriors, who were one of the different types of Sea Peoples), basically saving Egypt from the destruction that put an end to all the other Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean. Ramesses III was finally assassinated in the Harem conspiracy led by one of his wives, Tiye.

You can expect an illustration of Ramesses III in battle gear in a future.