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Ramses the Great at Kadesh: Exposing the Propaganda
In 1274 BCE, Ramses II faced the Hittite army at Kadesh and almost lost everything. But the record he left behind tells a different story — one of a pharaoh who personally rallied his troops and claimed a victory that historians now see as a carefully crafted myth. Join Lucas and Luna as they peel back the layers of the Kadesh inscriptions, from the Battle of Kadesh to the Poem of Pentaur and the Bulletin, to uncover what really happened on the Orontes. We'll explore the Egyptian and Hittite accounts, the role of the Ne'arin, the controversial treaty that followed, and how…
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