The end of the reign of Ramses III is marked by two major events: strikes by artisans of the "Establishment of the Tomb" at Deir el-Medina accusing the administration of chronic delays in supplies, office of the State payment work exclusively for the development of royal tombs, and the triggering of a cabal of palaces, the so-called harem conspiracy.

According to Pierre Grandet , its promoters probably profited from the impending announcement of the death of the king to take action. This was to replace the legitimate heir to the throne, Prince Ramses then aged over 45 years by one of his half-brothers, Pentaur , supported by his mother, Queen Tiy , who had rallied to his Because a large number of senior officials and military officers.

The case, noised abroad, eventually attracting the attention of Prince Rameses who, experience and helping military support, succeeded in translating the main instigators of a court of exception: Forty people, including priests accused of having use dark magic to achieve their ends. Three of the twelve judges appointed to conduct the review of indictments allowed themselves corrupt and swelled the number of defendants.

The Judicial Papyrus of Turin, which chronicles the trial and its twists gives several lists of accused. Those of the first names are converted to condemn them to eternal decay, they will be executed (unless one knows precisely how the text would simply use the phrase "they just came up to them"). Those in the second, because of their proximity to the royal, the first Pentaur are condemned to suicide by poisoning. The corrupt judges are targeted for mutilation, ears and nose. One committed suicide as a result of this ignominious punishment.

As regards the Queen Tiye and relatives of the royal family, the available sources do not provide any details about their fate. It is quite possible that their position in the hierarchy and their priestly functions and have finally put away the penalty. Having settled the estate of her deceased father and legitimated his accession in presiding over funerals, Ramses IV could now begin his own reign, which lasted six years.

The trial of the conspirators is recounted in the court of Turin papyrus said, the principal of the three fragments that compose is stored in Egyptological Museum of Turin. It is also corroborated by a series of fragments, papyri Lee, Rollin, and Varzy Rifaud.

Burial

Sarcophagus of Ramses III kept at the Louvre Museum

Notes

Bibliography

• Pierre Grandet , Ramses III. History of a reign, Pygmalion, Paris, 1993

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Chronological order	Predynastic Period Period protodynastic Dynasty Zero Horus Serekh Horus Ny-Hor Horus Hat-Hor Horus Iry-Ro Horus Ka Horus Scorpion a href = "% C3% P A9riode_thinite" title = "Period Thinite"> Period Thinite First dynasty Meni ( Menes ) Horus Narmer Horus Aha (Athothis, Atot, Teti) Horus Djer (kenkeni Horus Zer, It, Iti ITIT) Horus Ouadja (Ounphs Horus Wadjy , Iterty, Ita) Horus Den (Ousaphas Horus Oudimou) Horus Adjibi (Mibis, cowpea, Horus Enezib) Horus Smerkhet (Smepss, Semenpss, Semenptah) Horus Qa (Oubianths, Bienechs, Qaa Horus, Horus Kaa) Second Dynasty Hetepsekhemwy (Hetepsekhmoui, Hotep) Nebra (Nebra Reneb, Noubnfer) Ninette (Ninetfer, Binothris, Binthus) Ouneg (Ouadnes) Snedj (Send) Horus Sekhmeb (Tlas) Seth Peribit Sen ( Peribsen Nferkar ) Khsekhmem Khaskhemouy Djadjay Old Kingdom Third Dynasty Nebka ( Senakht ?) Senakht Djoser Sekhemkhet ( Msochris ) Khaba Nferkar Huni ( Nferkar ?) Fourth Dynasty Snefru Koufou ( Cheops ) Djedefre Kephren ( Chephren ) Menkaure ( Menkaure ) Chepseskaf Fifth Dynasty Userkaf Sahu Nferirfar Chepseskar Neferefre Niuserre Menkaouhor Djedkare-ized Unas Sixth Dynasty Teti Ouserkar Pepi I. Merenre I. Pepi II Merenre II Nitokris I re interim Seventh Dynasty Netjerkar (Netjerikar, Nferkar the Younger) Menkar Nferkar II Nferkar Neby (Nferkar III) Djedkare Shema (Djedkare II) Nferkar Khendou (Nferkar IV) Mrienhor Nferkamin (Menrenhor) Nferkamin Nykar (Nikara) Nferkar Tereru (Nferkar Tererou V) Nferkahor Eighth Dynasty Nferkar Pepiseneb Anu Nferkamin Qakar-Ibi Nferkaour Nferkaouhor Neferirkare II Skemkar Ouadjkar Ity Imhotep Hotep Khoui (Chou) Isou Iytenou Ninth Dynasty Mribr Khety I. Merikare Nferkar VII Khety II Khety III Khety IV Tenth Dynasty Khety V Khety VI Khety VII Merikare I. Eleventh dynasty Theban I. Mentuhotep ( Mentuhotep I. ) Antef I. Antef II Antef III Middle Kingdom Eleventh dynasty Theban Mentuhotep II ( Mentuhotep II ) Mentuhotep III ( Mentuhotep III ) Mentuhotep IV ( Mentuhotep IV ) Twelfth Dynasty Amenemhat I. Sesostris I. Amenemhat II Sesostris II Sesostris III Amenemhat III Amenemhat IV Nfrousbek Second Intermediate Period Thirteenth Dynasty Sobekhotep I. Sobekhotep II Sobekhotep III Sobekhotep IV Sobekhotep V Sobekhotep VI Sobekhotep VII Sobekhotep VIII Sobekhotep IX Fourteenth Dynasty Hyksos Antef IV Mentuhotep V Mentuhotep VI Amenemhat V Amenemhat VI Amenemhat VII XV Dynasty Hyksos Salatis Yakhouba Har- Khyan Apophis I. Khamudi Apophis II ? Sixteenth Dynasty Hyksos XVII th Dynasty Theban Antef V Rahotep Sobekemsaf II Djehuty Mentuhotep VII Nbiryaou I. Antef VII Snakhtenr Tao I. Sqnenr Tao II Kamose Ahmose (Ahmose, Ahmose before the reunification of Egypt) New Kingdom Eighteenth Dynasty Ahmose I. Amenhotep I (Amenophis Djserkar) Thutmose I. (akhprkar Thutmose) Tuthmosis II (Thutmose akheprenr) Hatshepsut (Hatshepsut Hatshepsut) Tuthmosis III (Thutmose Menkheperre) Amenhotep II (Amenophis akhprour) Thutmose IV (Menkhprour Thutmose) Amenhotep III (Amenophis Nebmaatre) Amenhotep IV (Amenophis Nferkhprour) then Akhenaten Nfernfrouaton ? Smenkhkare Tutankhaten then Tutankhamun A Horemheb Nineteenth dynasty Ramses I Seti I. Ramses II Merneptah Seti II Amenmes Siptah Taousert XX th Dynasty Setnakht Ramses III Ramses IV Ramesses V Ramses VI Ramses VII Ramesses VIII Ramesses IX Ramses X Ramses XI Herihor Third Intermediate Period Twenty-first Dynasty of Tanis Smendes Pinudjem I. (co-Pharaoh at Thebes) Amenemnesout Psusennes I. Amenemope Osorkon former Siamon Psusennes II XXII dynasty of Bubastis Shishak I. Osorkon I. Shishak II Takelot Osorkon II Takelot II Shishak III Pimay Shishak IV Dynasty of high priests of Amun at Thebes, parallel to the twenty-first and XXII Dynasties XXIII Dynasty of Tanis Petubastis I. Ioupout Shishak V Osorkon III Takelot III Roudamon Ioupout II Osorkon IV XXIV Dynasty of Tanis Tefnakht Bakenranef (Bocchoris) Late Period XXV dynasty Kushite Piankhy Shabaka (Shabaka) Shabataka (Chabataka) Taharqa Tanwetamani (Tantamana) XXVI Dynasty Saite Necho I. Psammetichus I. Necho II Psammetichus II Apries Amasis Psammetichus III XXVII dynasty Persia Cambyses II Smerdis (MAGI) Darius I Xerxes I Artaxerxes I. Xerxes II Sogdianus Darius II Artaxerxes II Dynasty XXVIII Amyrte Dynasty XXIX Nphrits Psammouthis Achoris Nphrits II XXX Dynasty Nectanebo I. Teos (Tachos) Nectanebo II XXXI Dynasty Persia Artaxerxes III Arses Darius III Alexander the Great Ptolemaic dynasty Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy II Philadelphus Ptolemy III Evergetes Ptolemy IV Philopator Ptolemy V Epiphanes Ptolemy VI Philometor Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator Ptolemy VIII Evergetes II Ptolemy IX Soter II Ptolemy X Alexander Ptolemy IX Soter II Ptolemy XI Alexander II Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Berenice IV Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Cleopatra VII Ptolemy XIII Dionysus Ptolemy XIV Philopator II Ptolemy XV Caesarion Roman Dynasty
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