Merneptah Stele
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title:
Merneptah Stele
text:
The Merneptah Stele, also known as the Victory Stele of Merneptah, is an inscription by Merneptah, a pharaoh in ancient Egypt who reigned from 1213 to 1203 BCE. Discovered by Flinders Petrie at Thebes in 1896, it is now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The text is largely an account of Merneptah's victory over the ancient Libyans and their allies, but the last three of the 28 lines deal with a separate campaign in Canaan, then part of Egypt's imperial possessions. The stele represents the
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description:
Inscription by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Merneptah
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merneptah_Stele
date created:
2005-02-12T10:50:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T17:06:31Z
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