_Ramesses II._ Miamun. Builder of the palace of Medinet-Abu in Thebes. One of the royal graves that have been opened belongs to this king. _Amenophis III._ Renewed invasion of the Hyksos; he flees before them into Ethiopia; but returns victorious with his son Ramesses. Belonging to the 19th dynasty, between 1500 and 1400. _Ramesses III._, called the Great, and sometimes _Sesostris_; founder of the dynasty, liberator of Egypt, and a great conqueror. His name and titles, his wars and triumphs, are found on the temples and palaces of Luxor and Carnac, in Thebes and Nubia. His son and follower: _Ramesses IV._ Pheron, rules long in peace. His name is found in the great pillared hall of the palace of Carnac, and on many other buildings. Among his successors but few names have been preserved until we come to Scheschonk or Sisac, of the 22nd dynasty, between 970 and 950; he took Jerusalem under the reign of Rehoboam, and therefore furnishes a fixed date. # R. V. L. (RUEHLE VON LILIENSTERN), _Graphic Illustrations of the most ancient History and Geography of Egypt and Ethiopia, with an atlas, 1827_. A work containing every thing necessary for understanding the discoveries hitherto made in this department of history. 2. For this splendour, the empire was principally indebted to Sesostris, son of Amenophis. This prince is justly entitled to the surname of Great, which was given him by the Egyptians. No one will, to the letter, credit the narrative of his deeds, exaggerated as they were by the traditions of the priests, or represented, as they still appear, on the buildings of Thebes; but who can doubt the existence of a monarch of whom so many and such various monuments within and without Egypt bear witness? Critical examination of the accounts of the nine years' campaign, and conquests of Sesostris. His arms were principally directed against wealthy commercial countries; probably by land against Ethiopia, Asia Minor, and part of Thrace; by sea against Arabia Felix, perhaps even the Indian peninsula. Can the performance of these exploits be deemed improbable, in an age when western Asia did not contain a single great empire? The vast undertakings attributed to Sesostris in the interior of his dominions; extensive buildings, canals, division of the land, and imposition of taxes, according to a regular survey, prove that he must have been the sovereign of all Egypt.