Definition of Ramses the Great

1. Noun. King of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ramses The Great

Ramona
Ramos gin fizz
Ramphastidae
Ramphomicron
Ramsar
Ramsay
Ramsay Hunt
Ramsay Hunt's syndrome
Ramsay Hunt syndrome
Ramsden's ocular
Ramsden circle
Ramsden disk
Ramsden eyepiece
Ramses
Ramses II
Ramses the Great (current term)
Ramsey
Ramsey theory
Ramsgate
Ramsons
Ramstedt operation
Rana cascadae
Rana clamitans
Rana goliath
Rana palustris
Rana pipiens
Rana sylvatica
Rana tarahumarae
Ranales
Ranatra

Literary usage of Ramses the Great

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1829)
"The ftu^ulu is decorated with four colossal figures, seated, each being oot less than 61 feet high, of superb execution, representing Ramses the Great. ..."

2. From Cairo to the Cataract by Blanche Mabury Carson (1909)
"A little farther on, we came upon the famous fallen Colossi of Ramses the Great, recumbent statues which long lay half buried in the mud of the sacred lake ..."

3. Ancient Art and Its Remains: Or, A Manual of the Archaeology of Art by Karl Otfried Müller, Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1852)
"pL 32); of Amenophis II. and Ramses the Great at Luxor. The taking of a fortress by Ramses the Great, ..."

4. Ancient Art and Its Remains: Or, A Manual of the Archaeology of Art by Karl Otfried Müller, Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1852)
"pL 32) ; of Amenophis II. and Ramses the Great at Luxor. The taking of a fortress by Ramses the Great, ..."

5. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"In the fifth year of the reign of Ramses the Great a great war broke out between the Kheta and the Egyptians, and the king of the enemy, Kheta-sar, ..."

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