Usermaatre Akhenamun Ramesses VIII (also written Ramses and Rameses) Sethherkhepshef Meryamun (1126-1124 BC) was the seventh Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt and is thought to has been a son of Ramesses III. The fact that he succeeded a son of Ramesses VI may indicates a problem in the royal succession. Ramesses VIII is the most obscure ruler of this Dynasty and the current information from his brief kingship suggest that he lasted on the throne for one or two years at the most. (Clayton: p.169) Monuments from his reign are scant and consist primarily of an inscription at Medinet Habu, a mention of this ruler in one stela--Berlin stela 2081 of Hori at Abydos--and one scarab. His only known date is a Year 1, I Peret day 2 graffito in the tomb of Kyenebu a