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Ramses the Great's Pi-Ramesses: Egypt's Lost Delta Capital
Before Ramses II built his colossal temples and monuments, he first needed a capital worthy of his ambitions. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the rise and fall of Pi-Ramesses, the dazzling city Ramses constructed in the Nile Delta as the administrative and military heart of his empire. They walk through its layout, its canals, its temples to Seth, Amun, and Ptah, and its role as a hub for chariotry, metallurgy, and international trade. Then they trace the city's mysterious decline: how the shifting Pelusiac branch of the Nile left Pi-Ramesses high and dry, how its stones were…
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