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Ramses the Great vs the Hittites: The Battle of Kadesh
Over 5,000 chariots clashed at the Orontes River in 1274 BCE. Ramses II's gamble at Kadesh nearly cost him his empire, but he turned near-defeat into a propaganda triumph. Lucas unpacks the battle's two surviving accounts—the Egyptian Poem and Bulletin versus the Hittite letters from Hattusa—to reveal a far messier truth. He explains how Ramses's elite division Amun was ambushed, how the pharaoh personally rallied his troops with a desperate chariot charge, and why the 'great victory' carved on temple walls masked a military stalemate. The episode also explores the…
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