1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Rhampsinītus

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27145741911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 23 — Rhampsinītus

RHAMPSINĪTUS, a Greek corruption of Ra-messu-pa-neter, the popular name of Rameses III., king of Egypt of the XXth Dynasty. He is well known in connexion with the story of his treasure house told by Herodotus (ii. 121), which greatly resembles that of Agamedes and Trophonius. (See Egypt, History.)