Temple of Merenptah
Temple of Merenptah
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Lonely Planet review for Temple of Merenptah
Almost directly behind Amenhotep’s temple lie the remains of the Temple of Merenptah, who succeeded his father Ramses II in 1213 BC and ruled for 10 years. In the 19th century, the ‘Israel Stele’, now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, was found here, which is the only known Egyptian text to mention ‘Israel’ (which Merenptah claimed to have defeated).
