Ramesses IX
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Neferkare Ramesses IX (also written Ramses and Rameses) (1124 BC – 1106 BC) was the eighth king of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. He was the third longest serving king of this Dynasty according to the evidence of Papyrus Turin 1932+1939 after Ramesses III and Ramesses XI. It shows that he had a reign of 18 Years and 4 months and that he died in his Year 19, Ist month of Peret between day 17 and 27. His throne name, Neferkare, means, "Beautiful Is The Soul of Re."
His reign is best known for a Year 16 tomb robbery papyrus report, when several royal tombs in the Theban necropolis were robbed. An inspection, led by Paser, mayor of Eastern Thebes or Karnak, fingered Paweraa, the Mayor of West Thebes, as being either culpable in this wave of robberies or negligent in his duties of protecting the Valley of the Kings from incursions by tomb robbers. However, it proved impossible for Paweraa to be officially charged with the crimes due to the circumstantial evidence, and according to the Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley, Paser disappears from sight soon after he filed his report. Ramesses IX brought a measure of stability to Egypt after the wave of tomb robberies. He also paid close attention to Lower Egypt and built a substantial monument at Heliopolis.
Ramesses IX's son, Montuherkhopshef, did not live to succeed his father, though Montuherkhopshef has one of the most beautiful tombs in the Valley of the Kings (designated KV19). The throne was assumed by Ramesses X whose relationship to Ramesses IX is still unclear. The tomb of Ramesses IX is in the Valley of the Kings (KV6) and has been open since antiquity, as evidenced by Roman and Greek graffiti on the tomb walls. In 1881, the mummy of Ramesses IX was found in the Deir el-Bahri cache (DB320).
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| Preceded by: Ramesses VIII | Pharaoh of Egypt Twentieth Dynasty | Succeeded by: Ramesses X |
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