Tristan Hughes

I mean, it feels like Seti, his reign, it's a decade or so, isn't it?

Yeah, a bit more than a decade.

But yes, because Ramesses I has died so quickly, he is focused in consolidating the new dynasty, legitimising its position with those kind of images, those dedications to temples and ancestors.

But also, I guess, military activity too.

That's another important thing he has to do.

You've been there.

You've stood in front.

It's stunning.

It's like Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great.

It's the dad that lays the foundations for the son.

Yeah.

Interesting.

Good analogy, yeah.

But no, I just want to focus a bit more on that north wall of the hypostyle wall at Karnak because you look at it

And one of my favourite parts of it is you see a river full of crocodiles.

Yes, you're snapping at the poor unfortunates who've gone into the river.

This idea that the Egyptians have to cross this river, I think it's like the Sinai Peninsula, that area they think it is, around there, to get into Syria where they're campaigning.

And then I think you see another depiction of Kadesh of all places in Seti's reign.

And he's besieging Kadesh at that time.

It's Seti, not Ramesses.