Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Rameses, the Great King of Egypt
By the time rameses was on the throne, he had 18 hundred years of dynastic history to look back on. He would derive legitimacy and power if he could connect himself to great kings from the past. His drawing and all this thes power is like a divine energy battery that would have charged him for his 66 years on the throne. With the battle of kades, because of this system i mentioned of decorum, it's appropriate to carve certain things in certain places in egyptian temples.
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