Total War: Pharaoh - Ramesses, Hero of Egypt

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Begotten by the sun god. The "last great pharaoh," RAMESSES (aka Ramesses III) is a warrior and a builder. In Total War: Pharaoh, you will lead this man to victory over his rivals, and remake Egypt in your image… Preview and purchase Total War: Pharaoh at https://pharaoh.totalwar.com/. Music in all episodes by Richard Beddow © Creative Assembly 2023. See the History of Egypt Podcast on all podcasting apps and at www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Select references: D. D. Baker, Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300 - 1069 BC (2008). E. H. Cline and D. O’Connor (eds), Ramesses III: The Life and Times of Egypt’s Last Hero (2012). A. Dodson, Poisoned Legacy: The Decline and Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty (2016). A. Dodson, Ramesses III King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife (2019). A. Dodson and D. Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt (2004). D. Kahn, ‘Ramesses III and the Northern Levant: A Reassessment of the Sources’, in S. Kubisch and U. Rummel (eds), The Ramesside Period in Egypt: Studies into Cultural and Historical Processes of the 19th and 20th Dynasties (2018), 175—188. K. A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions Translated and Annotated: Translations Volume V: Setnakht, Ramesses III, & Contemporaries (2008). R. J. Leprohon, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (2013). C. J. Moreu, ‘The Sea Peoples and the Historical Background of the Trojan War’, Mediterranean Archaeology 16 (2003), 107–24. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What did it take to survive an ancient siege?
0:02.8	Why was the cult of Dionyses behind so many slaver vaults in ancient Rome?
0:07.4	What's the tragic history and mythology behind Japan's most haunted ancient forest?
0:12.3	We're Jen and Jenny from Ancient History Fan Girl.
0:16.4	Join us to explore ancient history and mythology from a fun sometimes tipsy perspective.
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0:30.4	If the powerful have failed then they must be removed.
0:40.4	Old bloodlines mean nothing when chaos is on the horizon.
0:44.6	Welcome to the history of Egypt podcast and Total War Pharaoh.
0:48.7	Today we introduce one of the game's most prominent characters, the warlord Remesys,
0:54.8	historically known as King Remesys III.
0:59.0	Remesys III is a famous name in the annals of the Egyptian pharaohs,
1:03.8	a warrior and a builder.
1:05.6	He fulfilled many of the tenets that the Egyptian king was supposed to uphold.
1:10.4	And yet his reign was far from smooth sailing.
1:13.8	Constant warfare and pressure on the borders meant that Remesys III was more active on the battlefield
1:20.4	than many of his contemporaries.
1:22.8	Today we get to meet him.
1:36.0	As Total War Pharaoh begins, Remesys is in the Sinai.
1:40.5	His father, Seth Nucked, is in the west, overseeing departments along the coast of Libya.
1:47.4	In the south, King Merneptah holds sway over northern Egypt and its dominions.
1:52.8	Tausret and Sethi II are a husband and wife duo controlling Middle Egypt.
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