Pi-Ramesses (Pi-Ramesses Aa-nakhtu, meaning "House of Ramesses, Great in Victory") was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt Pharaoh Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great, reigned 1279 - 1213 BC) at Qantir near the old site of Avaris. The city had previously served as a summer palace under Seti I (c.1290 BC - 1279 BC) and may have been originally founded by Ramesses I (c.1292-1290 BC) while he served under Horemheb. Read more