Tristan Hughes
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Absolutely, because, going back to Rabi's symbol once again, just because I haven't been there recently, when you get close to the colossal statues of Rameses, you also see smaller depictions of a few of his wives and a few of his children believed as well.
So he was the ones that...
I know you're not supposed to have favourites, but there are a few that he picked to place alongside him on this temple to himself.
I must also ask, obviously that thing, the beating heart of Egypt is the Nile.
And every year you have the annual floods, don't you, which determines how successful the agricultural yield will be the next year.
And if the flooding is too low, then it could lead to famine.
Do we get a sense, I mean, is there any surviving archaeology that hints that there were times in Ramesses's reign where they had a lot of trouble from floods and stuff like that?
Or was he just in a very good century where everything worked his way in that regard?
Well, I could ask so many more questions about Ramesses, but I know we've got to move on.
So let's go to nearing the end of Ramesses' reign.
So he's got all of those children.
He's outlived many of them by this time as well.
Many of his wives are dead as well.
By this time, Nefertari is certainly out of the picture.
And also, sorry, I must also mention the Ramesseum because we haven't really touched on it.
And this is, it's named after himself, but what is it?
And was that where Ramses wanted to be buried?
And that will be where, many, many, many centuries later, Belzoni will find that colossal statue, the head of which is in the British Museum today.
Sixty-six years on.