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Ramses the Great's Food and Feast: Feeding an Empire
When you rule the ancient world's greatest superpower for 67 years, you need to feed millions. This episode explores the vast agricultural engine behind Ramses II's Egypt—the grains, cattle, and fish that sustained the might of Kemet. We follow the annual inundation of Hapi, the Nile's flood, which turned the desert green and filled the royal granaries. Lucas and Luna discuss the daily diet of a Deir el-Medina worker versus a Theban noble's banquet, with wine from the Delta, honey from the marshes, and the great baking industry at Per-Ramesses. They uncover how Ramses used…
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