| Rule | 20th Dynasty: 1145 - 1137 BC. |
| Predecessor | He seized power after deposing his predecessor and nephew Ramses V during a dynastic struggle |
| Father | Ramses III |
| Mother | Isis Ta-Hemdjert |
| Nomen | Birth name: Ramses: Ra Has Fashioned Him |
| Praenomen | Throne name: Nebmaatre-Meryamun: The lord of justice is Ra, beloved of Amun |
| Consorts | Nubchesbed |
| Capital city | Avaris (Pi-Ramesse) |
| Reign |
During his time Egypt was weak politically, economically, and administratively.
Egyptian domination beyond the Nile Valley had become very limited, and Ramses VI was the last ruler of the new Kingdom whose name is attested in the Sinai
He erected some small Statues in Bubastis, Coptos, Karnak, and Nubia
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| Burial |
He was buried in the Valley of Kings KV9, which he usurped from his nephew Ramses V and enlarged.
Decorations of his tomb are of inferior quality than those of the previous
Pharaohs in his dynasty, however these decorations provide the story of the
Egyptian creation myth, and are the most complete in the Valley of the Kings.
Shortly after his burial, his tomb was ransacked by tomb robbers who hacked his hands and feet in order to take his jewelry
Ramses VI's tomb however protected Tutankhamen's tomb intact from tomb robbers since debris from its construction was dumped over the tomb entrance to Tutankhamen
Reburied in Deir el Bahri cache KV 35 |
| Successor | son Ramses VII out of Nubchesbed |
| Wikipedia | Ramses VI |
