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The king, realising his desperate position, charged the enemy with his small band of men. With only his bodyguard to assist him, he was surrounded by two thousand five hundred Hittite chariots. With half his army in flight, Rameses found himself alone. They ran straight into the unsuspecting Amun division. Rameses II from the Ramesseum – his mortuary temple on the West bank at LuxorWith the chariots of the Hittites in pursuit, Ra fled in disorder – spreading panic as they went.
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They attacked and routed the Ra division as it was crossing a ford. He had decided to camp outside the city – but unknown to him, the Hittite army was hidden and waiting. Rameses himself was in the van, leading the Amon division with the Ra division about a mile and a half behind. He had divided his army into four sections: the Amun, Ra, Ptah and Setekh divisions. On the second campaign, Rameses found himself in some difficulties when attacking “the deceitful city of Kadesh”. Rameses II from the pylon wall at the Ramesseum The Hittites, however, were a very strong foe and the war lasted for twenty years.
PHARAOH RAMSES SERIES
Therefore, in his fourth year as pharaoh, Rameses was fighting in Syria in a series of campaigns against the Hittites and their allies. Likewise, it was incumbent on the new Pharaoh it make a display of force if he was to keep the peace during his reign. Subject kings no doubt saw it as their duty to test the resolve of a new king in Egypt. He had many wives, among them some of his own near relatives, and was the father of about 111 sons and 51 daughters.Īs was usual in those days, the threat of foreign aggression against Egypt was always at its greatest on the ascension of a new Pharaoh. Rameses II (right 19th dynasty), son of Seti I, was around thirty years old when he became king of Egypt – and then reigned for 67 years. Rameses II 1279 – 1213 BC Usr-Maat-Ra Setep-en-Ra Ra-messu-Meri-Amun Rameses II at the Battle of Kadesh