Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amennefernebes


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The result was   delete. No arguments to keep - treating as an uncontested PROD Kevin (talk) 10:10, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Amennefernebes

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This page is a hoax. Ramesses II did not have an elder brother; the theory that he had one was based on a misinterpreted relief of Seti I, on which Ramesses had his own name inscribed over another man's. This man was thought to be the original heir of Seti, but since then it was proven that he was an army commander called Mehy. The theory that Ramesses became pharaoh only after the death of his brother springs up often on various websites (mainly due to Christian Jacq's Ramesses novels, I guess), and various names have been attached to him, though I've never seen this "Amennefernebes", which, on top of all this, is distinctly female.

Aidan Dodson's The Complete Royal Famililes of Ancient Egypt, probably the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the subject only lists two sisters for Ramesses (Tia and Henutmire), and no brothers. – Alensha   talk  18:42, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Confirm and Delete This shows the importance of expert monitoring. In trying to research this, the 'internet echo chamber' effect is very strong, in that wikipedia's article seems to have been the probable source for several additional mentions. I have no personal expertise in this area or access to quality non-internet research materials, so it would be good for an editor to double-check that there is no actual scholarly controversy about the existence of this individual. Ben Kidwell (talk) 22:52, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  22:59, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
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