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Ramses the Great and the Heb Sed Festival
Episode 47 of Fexingo History's Ramses the Great series explores the Heb Sed, or royal jubilee festival—a tradition dating back to the earliest dynasties. Ramses II celebrated an unprecedented number of Sed festivals, using them to reaffirm his divine kingship and physical vigor. Lucas and Luna discuss the origins of the Heb Sed in the Old Kingdom, the rituals involved, and how Ramses manipulated the festival to project power even as he aged. They examine the architectural evidence at sites like the Ramesseum and the open-air museum at Memphis, where Ramses built a special Sed festival…
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