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Who succeeded Ramses II as king of Egypt?
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Ramses II
A larger-than-life Ramses II towering over his prisoners and clutching them by the hair. Limestone bas-relief from Memphis, Egypt, 1290–24 bce; in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Ramses II was succeeded by his 13th son, Merneptah, who ruled from approximately 1213 to 1203 BCE.12