Ramses the Great's Naval Battle at the Nile Delta

Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History · Jul 11, 2026 · 5m · transcript

In the eighth year of his reign, Ramses II faced a threat not from the Hittites but from the sea — a coalition of the enigmatic Sea Peoples. This episode dives into the Battle of the Nile Delta, a naval clash that saved Egypt from invasion. We explore the identity of the Sea Peoples, the Egyptian navy's tactics with ships and archers, the role of the Egyptian army onshore, and how Ramses turned a near-disaster into a propaganda victory carved on temple walls at Medinet Habu and Karnak. What can the inscriptions tell us about the battle's reality versus the pharaoh's spin? And…