The Conspiracy of the Great Pharaoh Ramses III
(8 years ago)A mystery of 3,000 years. In his old age, great Pharaoh Ramses III was the victim of a plot initiated by one of his wives. Thanks to some papyrus preserved in Turin, London and Paris, researchers have been able to rebuild history... Ramses III is considered by many historians, like the last Pharaoh [...]
Ramses III is considered by many historians, the last Pharaoh of Egypt. He was the second sovereign of the XX Dynasty (1550-1075 BC) and held the crown of upper and lower Egypt from 1156 to 1155 BC.
Under his leadership, Egyptians triumphed over Libyans and sea peoples, who threatened the existence of the kingdom itself. These military triumphs are proof of Ramesus III's courage, but they also give an idea of the big problems he faced. Big and small problems, such as the first documented incident in history, that he saw as protagonists the workers working on building graves in the Valley of Kings.
But it's not everything. As if it were not enough for the wars and economic problems of Ramses III, an elderly man, was threatened by a plot in the court circle and his family. The documents they own do not fully explain the outcome of the plot, but they can be dropped hypotheses, based on the plurality of papyrus, that tell us this story of blood, as well as the analysis of Ramos' zombie, performed by some historians.
TRADISE FARHAR
We have knowledge of the plot because of documents containing accurate information about those events: The Papyrus of the harem plot, preserved in the Egyptian Museum of Turin; The Papyrus Lee of the British Museum and the Rollin papyrus, which is preserved near the National Library of Paris. Among them, the person preserved in Turin offers more information. Also called the Judiciary Papyrus, or Legal Papyrus, was edited in the time of Ramussus IV (1155 - 1149 BC), the son and descendants of Ramessus III, a particular hieratic form of hieroglyphic writing commonly used by priests. In this document, Ramses speaks for the first person...