He was still a young boy when his father became pharaoh. His father loaded him with tales of war and exposed him into the battlefield at a very young age. Their greatest aspiration was to reclaim the land lost to the Hittites and to build gigantic statues to their own godliness in the style of great kings of earlier dynasties. He stood five feet eight inches in height, had a strong jaw, a beaked nose, and a long thin face. His physical features can indicate such tyranny and egotism. But there’s more to the “King of Kings” than meets the eye.
In just his 20s, Ramses the Great inherited the ruling seat as pharaoh when his father, Seti I, died at around age 50. The new successor also took over the place as god to the Egyptians.
His foremost duty was to cross the waterways going to Thebes in the month of September to take part in the festival of Opet. This festival mainly occurs at whatever time of the year god Amun is dying. Ramses led secret ceremonies of......
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