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Statue monumentale de Ramsès II, trouvée à proximité du pylône méridional disparu de l'enceinte de Ptah à Memphis.

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Ramesses II made peace with the Hittites around 1258 B.C. and took a Hittite princess as one of his wives. Like other Egyptian pharaohs, he practiced polygamy and had many wives and concubines.