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Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses II, often called Ramses the Great, ruled Egypt for 66 years during the 19th Dynasty, a period of unprecedented wealth, monumental construction, and military expansion. From his early campaigns against the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh—the largest chariot battle in history—to the signing of the first known peace treaty, Ramses shaped the ancient Near East. This podcast explores the man behind the monuments: his 200-plus children, his beloved queen Nefertari, and his colossal building…
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Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo HistoryRamses the Greats War Chariots Engineering and Tactics
In Episode 152, Lucas and Luna dive into the military innovation that defined Ramses the Great's reign: the Egyptian war chariot. They explore the…
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Ramses the Great's Naval Battle at the Nile Delta
In the eighth year of his reign, Ramses II faced a threat not from the Hittites but from the sea — a coalition of the enigmatic Sea Peoples. This episode dives…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Greats Stonemasons The Men Who Built the Temples
We know the grand temples of Ramses II — Abu Simbel, the Ramesseum, Medinet Habu — but who actually carved the stone? This episode goes to the quarries at…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Crown: The Dual Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the significance of the pschent, the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt that Ramses the Great wore. They discuss the…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Khaemwaset The First Egyptologist
Before there was modern archaeology, there was Prince Khaemwaset, the fourth son of Ramses the Great. Known as the 'First Egyptologist,' Khaemwaset…
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Ramses the Great's Hittite Peace Treaty: The World's First
After decades of war, Ramses II and Hittite king Hattusili III carved out history's first surviving peace treaty. Written in Akkadian cuneiform and…
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Ramses the Greats Diplomatic Marriage to a Hittite Princess
In Episode 146 of Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh, hosts Lucas and Luna explore one of the most surprising alliances of the ancient world…
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The Apis Bull: Ramses the Great's Divine Earthly Companion
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the role of the Apis bull during the reign of Ramses the Great. They discuss how the living bull at Memphis was…
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Ramses the Great's Horse-Drawn Chariotry at Kadesh
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the technological and tactical edge that Ramses II brought to the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BCE. They examine the…
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Ramses and the Libyan War: Defending Egypt's Western Frontier
In Episode 143, Lucas and Luna turn to a lesser-known but pivotal conflict of Ramses the Great's reign: the Libyan War. While the Battle of Kadesh often…
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Ramses the Greats Divine Kingship Rituals at Abu Simbel
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the profound religious and political significance of Ramses II's temples at Abu Simbel, focusing on the biannual…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Abandoned City Per-Ramesses Rise and Fall
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the rise and fall of Per-Ramesses, Ramses the Great's magnificent capital city. Built on the site of Avaris in the…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Battle of Kadesh Propaganda vs Reality
In 1274 BCE, Ramses II led his army against the Hittite coalition at Kadesh, a battle he famously claimed as a personal victory carved into temple walls across…
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Ramses the Great's Food Riots: Hunger and Unrest in Pi-Ramesses
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known crisis of Ramses II's reign: the food riots that broke out in his glittering…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Nubian Viceroy Setau: The Man Behind the Gold
Lucas and Luna explore the life and career of Setau, Ramses the Great's most trusted viceroy of Kush. Setau oversaw Nubia for decades, managing the gold…
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Ramses the Great's Royal Scribe Amenemope: The Pen Behind the Throne
In this episode, we explore the life and role of Amenemope, a royal scribe and steward under Ramses II. While much attention goes to the pharaoh's…
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Ramses the Great's Mummy: The Pharaoh Who Would Not Die
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the extraordinary afterlife of Ramses II—not in myth, but in the preservation and rediscovery of his actual body. They…
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Ramses the Great's Sceptres: Symbols of Divine Authority
In this episode of Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh, Lucas and Luna explore the sceptres and regalia that embodied the pharaoh's…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Builder of Pi-Ramesses: The Lost Capital
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the founding and construction of Pi-Ramesses, the magnificent capital built by Ramses II in the eastern Delta. They…
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Ramses the Great's Royal Wives Beyond Nefertari
While Nefertari is the most famous, Ramses II had many other royal wives who played crucial diplomatic and political roles. This episode explores his marriage…
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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…
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Ramses the Great's Arctic Monkeys: The Gebel Barkal Stela
In episode 131 of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna journey south of Kemet's border to Gebel Barkal — a sacred mountain in Nubia that the Egyptians called…
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Ramses the Great's Mortuary Temple Medinet Habu Legacy
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Ramses the Great's grandest architectural statement—his mortuary temple, Medinet Habu. Though often overshadowed…
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Ramses the Greats Sea Peoples Invasion The Great Collapse
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna examine the Sea Peoples invasion during the reign of Ramses II, a pivotal threat that nearly toppled…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Nubian Gold Mines The Wealth of Kush
This episode dives into the gold mines of Nubia that fueled Ramses II's empire. We explore the logistical network behind extracting gold from the Eastern…
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Ramses the Great's Irrigation Revolution Feeding an Empire
Ramses II ruled for 66 years, built colossal temples, and fathered over 100 children. But none of that was possible without water. In this episode, Lucas and…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Chief Wife Nefertari and Her Political Power
In Episode 126, Lucas and Luna explore the extraordinary political and diplomatic role of Nefertari, Ramses II's Great Royal Wife. They discuss her…
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Ramses the Great's Silver Diplomacy: The Peace of Year 21
In Year 21 of his reign, Ramses II concluded the world's first recorded peace treaty with the Hittite king Hattusili III. But the real story is the silver…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak: A Forest of Pillars
This episode of Fexingo History goes deep into the construction and meaning of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, the largest single-room religious structure…
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Ramses the Great's Feast of Opet: The King and the Gods
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the Feast of Opet, the grandest festival in ancient Kemet, under Ramses the Great. Held annually at…
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Ramses the Great's Sherden Mercenaries: Pirates Turned Bodyguards
Long before they fought for Ramses II at Kadesh, the Sherden were feared sea raiders who plagued Egypt's coasts. This episode traces their transformation…
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Ramses the Great's Libyan Wars Defending the Western Delta
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Ramses II's largely overlooked campaigns against Libyan tribes in the western Delta. While the Battle of Kadesh…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Horse Breeding Program: The Strength Behind the Chariotry
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore an often-overlooked pillar of Ramses II's military might: his state-run horse breeding program. From the stables…
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Ramses the Great's Embassies and the Birth of International Diplomacy
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Ramses II's pioneering diplomatic missions: the embassies that shuttled between Kemet and Hatti after the Battle…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Prince Khaemwaset: Scholar, Priest, Magician
He was Ramses II's fourth son, but instead of commanding armies or building monuments of his own, Khaemwaset chose the path of the priest and the scholar…
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Ramses II's Homecoming: The Colossus of Tanis
In the waning years of his 67-year reign, Ramses II ordered the construction of a colossal statue of himself at Tanis, a city in the Nile Delta. This episode…
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Ramses the Great's Nubian Viceroy Setau The Power Behind the Throne
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable career of Setau, Ramses the Great's most trusted Viceroy of Kush. Setau…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Hittite Peace Treaty The First in History
This episode explores one of the most remarkable diplomatic achievements of the ancient world: the peace treaty between Ramses II of Egypt and Hattusili III of…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Desert Patrols Policing the Eastern Frontier
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the often-overlooked role of desert patrols in Ramses II's Egypt. They delve into the Shasu bedouin, the fortress…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Forgotten City: The Cult Center of Per-Banebdjedet
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the lost city of Per-Banebdjedet, the cult center of the ram-headed god Banebdjedet in the Nile…
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Ramses the Great's Temple Builders: The Workforce Behind Abu Simbel
Episode 112 of Ramses the Great dives into the lives of the engineers, quarrymen, artists, and laborers who built the colossal monuments of Egypt's most…
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Ramses the Great's Royal Wives: Nefertari and Beyond
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the often-overlooked women in Ramses the Great's life — not just the famous Nefertari, but also…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Chariotry: The Shock Weapon of Kadesh
In episode 110, Lucas and Luna explore Ramses the Great's chariot corps — the elite weapon that turned the Battle of Kadesh from a near-disaster into a…
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Ramses the Great's Pi-Ramesses: The Lost Capital of Egypt's Golden Age
When Ramses II became pharaoh, he built a new capital from scratch on the Nile Delta: Per-Ramesses, the 'House of Ramses.' For centuries it was the…
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Ramses the Great's Divine Kingship and the Sed Festival
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Ramses the Great's use of the Sed festival (heb-sed) to reinforce his divine kingship and extend his 67-year…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Desert Patrols: Policing the Eastern Frontier
Long before Ramses II became the legendary builder and warrior pharaoh, he served as a young prince leading desert patrols along Egypt's eastern frontier…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Abandoned Monuments: The Mysteries of His Unfinished Works
Why would the most prolific builder pharaoh leave projects unfinished? This episode explores Ramses II's incomplete monuments: the abandoned second court…
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Ramses the Great's 67-Year Reign What Made It Last
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the extraordinary length of Ramses II's 67-year reign, the second longest in Egyptian history. They examine the…
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Ramses the Great's 67-Year Reign: What Made It Last
Ramses II ruled Egypt for 67 years, longer than almost any other pharaoh. How did he hold onto power for so long in the volatile Late Bronze Age? This episode…
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Ramses the Great's Nubian Campaigns and the Kushite Legacy
In this episode, Lucas and Luna delve into Ramses the Great's military campaigns in Nubia, exploring how he secured Egypt's southern frontier and…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Nubian Gold Mines: Wealth Beneath the Sands
This episode explores the vast gold mining operations in Nubia that fueled Ramses II's monumental building projects and military campaigns. Lucas and Luna…
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Ramses the Great's Sea Peoples: The Invasion That Changed Egypt
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the mysterious Sea Peoples who threatened Egypt during Ramses II's reign. Who were these raiders from the north —…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Tomb KV7: The First Royal Tomb in the Valley of the Kings
In this special 100th episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the fascinating story of Ramses the Great's own tomb, KV7, in the Valley of the…
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Ramses the Great's Bowmen: Masters of the Composite Bow
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the crucial role of archery in Ramses II's military campaigns, focusing on the composite bow — a weapon of…
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Ramses the Great's Libyan War: The Forgotten Campaign
For decades, Ramses the Great's military campaigns have been overshadowed by the Battle of Kadesh. But in his later years, Egypt faced a different threat…
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Ramses the Great's Mummy and the Secret of the Royal Cache
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the extraordinary story of Ramses the Great's mummy — from his death around 1213 BCE to the…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Gold: Egypt's Economic Powerhouse
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the economic engine behind Ramses the Great's monumental building projects and military…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Crown Prince: The Lost Heir Who Never Became Pharaoh
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the shadowy figure of Crown Prince Ramses—the firstborn son of Ramses the Great who was groomed to rule but died before…
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Ramses the Great's Hittite Peace Treaty: The World's First
In 1258 BCE, after decades of war and the famous Battle of Kadesh, Pharaoh Ramses II and Hittite King Hattusili III signed a peace treaty that ended the…
- Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History
Ramses the Great's Diplomatic Marriage to a Hittite Princess
In the 34th year of his reign, Ramses the Great secured a historic peace with the Hittite Empire by marrying a Hittite princess, the daughter of King Hattusili…