Ancient Egypt is one of the four ancient civilizations, it originated in the middle and lower reaches of the Nile Plain, formed a civilized tribe more than 6,000 years ago. In ancient Egyptian history, their supreme ruler was called "Pharaoh," meaning son of the sun. In the impression of many people, the most familiar pharaoh is Ramses II, who is not only one of the greatest pharaohs in ancient Egypt, but also the most handsome and affectionate among the ancient Egyptian pharaohs, and has left many love poems. What exactly did Ramses II write? Let's let Xiaobian reveal the secret to you.
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The Ramses family was the founder of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the most famous of which was Ramses II, the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty. According to ancient Egyptian records, Ramses II was born in 1303 BC, the Pan Geng period of the Shang Dynasty on the mainland. Ramses II was an outstanding pharaoh, who not only had an enlightened vision in political decision-making, but also brought prosperity and wealth to the ancient Egyptians in terms of military and war, such as the expedition of Ramses II, which not only quelled a series of rebellions, but also reached peace agreements with many neighboring countries, thus making Ramses II the most admired pharaoh in ancient Egypt. In addition, ramses II's personal life was also very colorful.
Egyptian historians say that Ramses II was also a brilliant architect, writer and poet, such as he presided over the construction of many palaces and temples during his reign, which were designed by Ramses II himself, such as the Palace of Pyle Ramses, the Temple of Abu Simbel and the Temple of Karnak, and also added new design structures to the Luxor Temple, which has been well preserved to this day. It is worth mentioning that Ramses II reigned for 67 years and died in 1213 BC at the age of 90, so he was also the longest-reigning and longest-lived pharaoh in ancient Egyptian history, 7 years longer than the reign of the Qing Emperor Kangxi of the Mainland Qing Dynasty, and 1 year longer than the longest-lived Qianlong.
Ramses II is not only famous for his exploits, but also for his love stories and the love poems that have been sung to this day. Careful comparison can also be found that Ramses II and the Qianlong Emperor do have many similarities, such as they all have merits, but also have a lot of preferences, all aspects are perfect, the most important thing is that they all like to write poetry, especially the Qianlong Emperor is the person who wrote the most poems in Chinese history, according to incomplete statistics, there are more than 40,000 poems, more than the entire "Quan Tang Poems", but fortunately, in the language textbook, there is no poem written by Qianlong in the first place. It can also be seen that Qianlong's poems have quantity, but no quality, but Ramses II's poems are much better than those of the Qianlong Emperor.
In the middle of the 19th century, ancient Egyptian archaeologists excavated the mausoleum of Ramses II, not only unearthed a large number of funerary objects, but also found exquisite frescoes, although some have been blurred, but most of them can clearly see the content of the frescoes, that is, through these mural experts reacquainted with Ramses II, but also rated as the history of ancient Egypt as a beautiful man pharaoh. In addition to the murals, experts also found a lot of ancient Egyptian characters carved in stone on the stone walls, and later after the interpretation and translation of ancient script experts, it was determined that many of them were poetry, and the content was basically an ode to love. Like what:
(1) My love is unique, no one can replace her, she is the most beautiful woman in the world.
(2) When she passed by me, she had already stolen my heart.
(3) Because of her sun, the goddess Hubby asks you to take care of me again, please bring me to her side again.
Such poems, although simple and short in content, expressed feelings are very sincere, and they are catchy to read, presumably also sung by ordinary ancient Egyptians at that time. According to historical records, the queen of Ramses II was called Nefertari, and they loved each other all their lives, and later when the temple of Abesynbel was expanded, not only the statue of Ramses, but also the statue of Queen Nyfiltari was carved, putting the two of them together. In addition, people also carved the love poems written by Ramses II on the stone pillars of the temple, becoming the most beautiful love testimony in the world, if you have the opportunity to travel to Egypt, you can also see Ramses II's love poems in many temples.
In the culture of ancient Egypt, they longed for the world after death, so for them death is not the end of life, but the beginning of life, so the ancient Egyptians had no fear of death, they built pyramids, painted murals, but also to make the world after death better. This is also reflected in the poetry of Ramses II, and we can even feel that Ramses II died in poetry with a smile instead of being miserable.
Different countries have different cultures, and in the ancient cultures of the mainland, people were full of reverence for death, and the ancient Egyptian people were expected if they were to say it to the extreme, so this is also the different concept of life and death between the two. However, in terms of the praise of love, China and ancient Egypt are the same, and even almost all countries and cultures in the world are the same in their treatment of love, it is beautiful, and it is more expected.
Resources:
"History of Ancient Egypt" by George Rowlingson, Publisher: China Pictorial Publishing House
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Liu Lijiang's