Ramses II did not get the nickname Ramses the Great' for no reason, he contributed exceedingly to Ancients Egypt's History through his buildings and wars with the Hittite king. Ramses II was a great warrior and builder. He was also a good leader and displayed a distinct personality.
Ramses II surfaced as the greatest Egyptian builder in history. He constructed more temples, erected more colossal statues and obelisks than the majority of other pharaohs. Ramses II was often referred to in inscriptions, overseeing cutting of obelisks from granite at Aswan. He was amongst the pre-eminent building Pharaohs if ancient Egypt. His genuine building achievements are on a Herculean scale.
Piramses was the city that Ramses built. A lot of wealth went into building this great new city located in the delta near modern Qantir. Piramses was famed for beauty, commercial port and military centre. This new city was referred to in many poems. As quoted from Studies in Ancient Egypt His majesty has built himself a castle, the name of which is the great of victories'. It is between Palestine and Egypt, and it is full of provisions and food. And again in another translated poem from Studies in Ancient Egypt: How fair was the day of thy presence, and how fair was thy voice as thou spakest, when thou didst build House-of Ramses-Beloved-of-Amun, the beginning of every foreign land and the end of Egypt, (the city), with beauteous balconies and dazzling halls of lapis lazuli and turquoise, place where thy chariotry is marshalled, the place where thine infantry is mustered, the place where thy ship's troops come to port, when they bring thee tribute. .
Ramses built four temples at Piramses. With its great obelisks Piramses was the wonder of its age. Later on it was a convenient military base for campaigns into Palestine and Syria.
Amongst Ramses' great building achievements was the completion of previously started buildings and temples as well as additions to other temples and buildings.
