In this video, Egypt recovers from the Akhenaten heresay by imposing a military dictatorship, there is renewed war with rival Empires in the North and predictably, the Pharaohs construct ever more monumental temples to their own greatness.

This is the age of the Ramesses, tales of Moses and the Red Sea, war, slavery and conquest and eventually, a civil war; grave robbers and the burning of ancient mummies. We also have the first workers strike in all recorded history!

A fascinating and dark tale. It is of Ramesses II that Shelley wrote his famous critique of absolute power, "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

I hope you enjoy the video!

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Head of Akhenaten
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Statue of Akhenaten
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The skull of Tutankhamen. Photograph, 1926.
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Drawn image of Horus
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Wall relief of Amun receiving gifts from Horemheb on tenth pylon, Karnak temple of AmunRa, Egypt
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Credit: M0002766: Portrait of Ramesses II. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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Credit: The Abou Simbel temple (the Sun Temple of Ramesses II), Nubia, Egypt: four seated colossi of Ramesses II; a man stands in the foreground as an indication of scale. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark

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Credit: The Abou Simbel temple (the Sun Temple of Ramesses II), Nubia, Egypt: interior with standing colossi. Photograph by Jean Sébah, ca. 1890. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark

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Credit: Unwrapped Mummy of Ramses II. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)