Egypt was then a mighty Queen in glorious apparel; she is now a painted woman decked out in tinsel!" [Rameses the Great, son of Sethos, reigned over Egypt 1394-1328 B.
C.He was called Sesostris by the Greeks; see Lepsius (Chron.

d.
Aegypter, p.

538.) on the manner in which this confusion of names arose.

Egypt attained the zenith of her power under this king, whose army, according to Diodorus (I.53-58).

consisted of 600,000 foot and 24,000 horsemen, 27,000 chariots and 400 ships of war.
With these hosts he subdued many of the Asiatic and African nations, carving his name and likeness, as trophies of victory, on the rocks of the conquered countries.