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Ramesses VIII
Usermaatre Akhenamun Ramesses VIII (also written Ramses and Rameses) Sethherkhepshef Meryamun (1125-1124 BC) was the seventh Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt and was one of the last surviving sons of Ramesses IIINicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, (Blackwell Books: 1992), pp.288-289 The fact that he succeeded to power after the death of Ramesses VII--a son of Ramesses VI--may indicates a continuing problem in the royal succession.
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