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Why Did an Egyptian Pharaoh Carve a Stalemate into Stone? - Royal Propaganda and the Reality of Kadesh | Sleepy Facts About History
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In 1274 BCE, Ramesses II marched his army toward the Syrian city of Kadesh and walked into an ambush that nearly destroyed his forces. Yet, over the next three decades, he spent considerable effort carving a resounding victory he never achieved into the walls of Egypt's greatest temples. This episode explores the gap between the chaotic reality of the battlefield and the monumental narrative of triumph that survived for three thousand years.
By placing the elaborate Egyptian inscriptions…
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