Round 1: Tossup 15

A ruler with this name was planned to be replaced by his son Pentawer in the Harem conspiracy. A capital prefixed “pi-” (“pee”) was built by an eponymous ruler with this name for a campaign whose largest battle was embellished by the scribe Pentaur. Reliefs at Medinet Habu (10[1])record the victories of a ruler with this name over the (10[1])invading Sea Peoples. (10[4])Four (10[1])colossi (10[1])of a ruler with this name (10[1])flank (10[1])the entrance of Abu Simbel, (10[1])which (10[1])includes a temple for that ruler’s wife, Nefertari. The longest-reigning ruler of the New Kingdom had this name and was referred to by the Greeks as Ozymandias. For 10 points, give this name of a 19th-dynasty pharaoh known as “the Great.” ■END■

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