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Ramses the Great's Divine Birth: Propaganda at Luxor Temple
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into one of the most audacious propaganda campaigns of the ancient world: Ramses II's claim of divine birth, inscribed on the walls of Luxor Temple. They explore how the king co-opted the ancient 'divine birth' narrative used by Hatshepsut and Amenhotep III, rewriting it to legitimize his rule and connect himself directly to the god Amun-Re. Lucas explains the scene-by-scene reliefs at Luxor: the god Amun taking the form of Ramses's father, Seti I, the divine conception by Queen Tuya, the birth of the infant king flanked by goddesses…
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