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Sesostris
Sign in to savethumb|220px|"The great Sesostris", identified in this 19th-century engraving as Ramesses II during the Battle of Kadesh. thumb|Herodotus misidentified the relief of King Tarkasnawa of Mira, as belonging to Sesostris. [[Karabel relief, circa 1350 BC.]] Sesostris () is the name of a king of ancient Egypt who, according to Herodotus, led a military expedition into parts of Europe. Tales of Sesostris are probably based on the life of Senusret I, Senusret III and perhaps other Pharaohs such as Shoshenq I and Ramesses II.
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6 sectionsContents
- Account of Herodotus
- Diodorus Siculus
- Modern research
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|220px|"The great Sesostris", identified in this 19th-century engraving as Ramesses II during the Battle of Kadesh. thumb|Herodotus misidentified the relief of King Tarkasnawa of Mira, as belonging to Sesostris. [[Karabel relief, circa 1350 BC.]] Sesostris () is the name of a king of ancient Egypt who, according to Herodotus, led a military expedition into parts of Europe. Tales of Sesostris are probably based on the life of Senusret I, Senusret III and perhaps other Pharaohs such as Shoshenq I and Ramesses II.
Sesostris' name is also given as Sesoösis or Sesonchosis in other sources.