Meritamen
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Meritamen was a daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great, born by his first queen Nefertari.
Statue of Meritamen
Queen Meritamen raises the ḥrp-scepter high above her head with her back arm (as shown in the image above).
Statue of Meritamen at Akhmim
The White Queen statue at the Hurghada Museum
Ramesses II
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Ramesses II, commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Ramesses II is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh o
Meritamen
…spelled Meritamon, Meritamun, Merytamen, Merytamun, Meryt-Amen; ancient Egyptian: Beloved of Amun) was a daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great, born by his first queen Nefertari. Meritamen was a daughter of Ramesses and his first Great Royal Wife, Nefertari. She appears as the fourth daughter…
The Younger Memnon (c. 1250 BC), a statue depicting Ramesses II, from the Ramesseum in Luxor (Thebes). Currently on display at the British Museum in London.
Ramesses II as a child embraced by Hauron (Egyptian Museum, Cairo)
A relief from Karnak showing Ramesses II giving offerings to his deified father Seti I, Great Hypostyle Hall
Color reproduction of the relief depicting Ramesses II storming the Hittite fortress of Dapur