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235: Ramesses the Great God

The History of Egypt Podcast by Dominic Perry

Jun 8, 202630:38Society & Culture

In 1226 BCE, his sixty-seventh year of rule, the long life of Ramesses II finally ended. We explore his final decades, the difficult life revealed by his mummy, his ascent to status of "living god," and the aftermath of...

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