Ramesses II and the reign that left Abu Simbel and the Ramesseum.
Historical background
Ramesses II ruled Egypt during the Nineteenth Dynasty. His long reign left a substantial building programme, including the temples at Abu Simbel and his mortuary temple at Thebes.
At Kadesh, Ramesses fought the Hittites for influence in Syria. Egyptian inscriptions celebrated the pharaoh’s role, while the two powers later concluded a treaty. The surviving versions of that treaty document a shift from military rivalry to diplomacy.
