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Ramesses IV
- Reign
- 1156–1150 (1152/51–1145/44) BC
- Throne name
- User-maat-Re-setep-en-Amun Heqa-maat-Re-setep-en-Amun
- Dynasty
- 20th Dynasty
- Period
- New Kingdom, c. 1550–1070 BC
- Capital at the time
- Thebes, Memphis, at times Akhetaten (Amarna) and Pi-Ramesses
Ramesses IV is listed in the king list under ‘20th Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BC). Reign: 1156–1150 (1152/51–1145/44) BC. The figures in brackets give the alternative dating by the Egyptologist Jürgen von Beckerath. The throne name is User-maat-Re-setep-en-Amun Heqa-maat-Re-setep-en-Amun.
What is known about Ramesses IV
Second throne name from the 2nd regnal year onwards. He prevailed against the conspirators who had murdered his father. The trial against them is recorded in several papyri.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: New Kingdom
Egypt becomes a great power with a sphere of influence stretching from Sudan to Syria. The vast temples of Karnak and Luxor and the tombs in the Valley of the Kings date from this period.
- c. 1250 BCRock temples of Abu Simbel. In 1964–1968 they were cut into blocks and moved to safety from the rising waters of Lake Nasser.
- c. 1180 BCRamesses III repels the ‘Sea Peoples’ and has the victory depicted at Medinet Habu.
- 1159 BCFirst recorded strike in history: the tomb workers of Deir el-Medina down tools because their grain wages have not been paid.
- c. 1110 BCUnder Ramesses IX, tomb robbers from the Valley of the Kings stand trial; the court records survive.
More about this period: New Kingdom
20th Dynasty: all rulers
- Setnakhte
- Ramesses III
- Ramesses IV
- Ramesses V
- Ramesses VI
- Ramesses VII
- Ramesses VIII
- Ramesses IX
- Ramesses X
- Ramesses XI
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