Ramesses II

Ramesses II, referred to as "Ramesses the Great", was the third Ninthteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian empire. His successors and later Egyptians called him the "Great Ancestor". Ramesses II led several military expeditions into the Levant, re-asserting Egyptian control over Canaan. He also led expeditions to the south into Nubia.