Tristan Hughes

So fascinating, isn't it?

And with Seti's reign, although he doesn't last very long, actually one other thing, we mentioned Karnak there in the Hyperstar Hall, which we normally associate with Ramesses II.

Constructed beginning under Seti or maybe even older than that, do we think?

Without Seti's reign, how successful would you argue that Seti is?

Because normally it is the case that the predecessor really sets the scene for the greatness of the person that follows, in several cases, once again, Philip and Alexander.

How successful do you think Seti is in the context of consolidating control and getting the 19th dynasty really on track?

And so we get to the reign of Ramesses II.

We'll cover only the first few years as we wrap up this episode.

But firstly, is there any challenger to Ramesses II's succession?

If Seti's made it quite clear in his wall paintings and the reliefs that he seems to be the clear heir apparent, do we know much about the succession and whether there was any difficulty around it?

And how does he initially reign?

What do we even know about those earliest years of Ramesses II as pharaoh?

So he feels he has beef, unfinished beef with Kadesh after his dad.

So he goes up to Syria.

And is this when we get the famous Battle of Kadesh?

I can't think of any other examples that come to mind straight away.

I'm sure someone will have a comment in there and say that there might be one.

But no, when you think of divisions of armies, you do think of Kadesh and this description that you have, right?

He's really far away.

Yes.