Ramesses VI was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He succeeded Ramesses V and reigned for about eight years in the mid-to- late 12th century BC before dying in his forties. Egypt lost control of its last strongholds in Canaan around the time of his reign. The pharaoh's power waned in Upper Egypt during his rule, while the high priest of Amun, Ramessesnakht, was turning Thebes in Upper Egypt into the religious capital and a second center of power on par with Pi- Ramesses in Lower Egypt, where the pharaoh resided. He was fond of cult statues of himself; more are known to portray him than any other Twentieth-Dynasty king after his father, Ramesses III. He usurped KV9, a tomb in the Valley of the Kings planned by and for Ramesses V, and had it enlarged and redecorated for himself. His mummy lay untouched for fewer than 20 years before pillagers damaged it. The Egyptologist Amin Amer characterises him as "a king who wished to pose as a great pharaoh in an age of unrest and decline".

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1807:

French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9olophore

1922:

The German protectorate of Togoland was divided into the League of Nations mandates of French Togoland and British Togoland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togoland

1968:

The first Special Olympics games (athletes at 2013 games pictured) were held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Olympics

2001:

Twenty-three-year-old Italian anti-globalist Carlo Giuliani was shot dead by a police officer while protesting during the 27th G8 summit in Genoa, Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Carlo_Giuliani

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

lucre: Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lucre

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?   --Alexander the Great https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great