Pi-Ramesses

Pi-Ramesses
The feet of a Ramses II statue at Pi-Ramesses
Location within Egypt
30°47′56″N 31°50′9″E
Type	Settlement
Periods	New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period
Location	Qantir, Al Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
Region	Lower Egypt
History
Built	13th century BC
Built by	Ramesses II
Abandoned	Approximately 1060 BC
Site notes
Area	18 km2 (6.9 sq mi)

Pi-Ramesses (/pɪərɑːmɛs/; Ancient Egyptian: pr-rꜥ-ms-sw, meaning "House of Ramesses") was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC) at Qantir, near the old site of Avaris. The city had served as a summer palace under Seti I (c. 1290–1279 BC), and may have been founded by Ramesses I (c. 1292–1290 BC) while he served under Horemheb.