Egyptology News: Aten Town, the "Lost Golden City" of Amunhotep III, Akhenaten, and Tutankhamun

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233: Friendship in Dark Times (The Bronze Age Collapse Begins?)

Ramesses and Hattusili (Part 2). After the marriage to a Hittite princess in Year 34, Ramesses II had much to offer his northern family. A visit from the King of Hatti's son, seeking food supplies, may relate to repeated hunger crises in Syria and Hatti. Pharaoh's support brought ...  Show more

The 100 Children of Ramesses II with Prof. Peter Brand

Ramesses is famous for fathering 100+ children. But what did all these princes and princesses do? Prof. Peter Brand joins us once more to explain the lives and roles of these children, how we know about them (or don't), what's up with those "Daughter Wives," and where all the 100 ...  Show more

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