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Ramesses XI

d. c. 1070 BCE · 11th century BCE

Ramesses XI was the last pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty and of the Egyptian New Kingdom. During his reign real power passed to the high priests of Amun in Thebes and to military commanders. His death around 1070 BCE ended the New Kingdom through administrative dissolution rather than conquest.

Ramesses XI — Image: Karl Richard Lepsius (1810-84) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Egyptian Empire New KingdomDecline

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Theocracy of Amun at Thebes Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ramesses XI. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ramesses-xi
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