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RE: EGYPTOLOGY: All hail the king!
Great article, as always. Do you know how many "She's" there were in the era of the Pharaos?
Have you ever read the book "Ramses"? It is a novel but I was reminded on it when you said that the Pharao had to be in a good shape and did some training. It was part of that book, too.
I can recommend it. There is one character which is quite unique, it is the ambassador and diplomat "Akasha", I guess, was his name. It was during the conflict with the Hittites (don't know if I get it right), when I remember that correctly.
Absolutely right. Ramses II. was in war with the Hittites and when both parties were exhausted one time they signed the first peace contract of the world - one version written in Cuneiform and one version in Hieroglyphs, which - of course - claims Ramses to be the winner (that was surely not the case). This ist what we know from historical records.
I never heard of that novel yet. I like such stuff when facts and fiction are mixed. ;)
I don't know exactly how many real Pharaos were female, but I think there were only a handful of such leaders. But women played nevertheless a great role even in politics. Maybe I will write something about women's power in one of my next articles. ;)
Ramses "Der Sohn des Lichts" von Christian Jacq - There are altogether five book volumes.
I am pretty sure you would like reading it.
Glad, to maybe have inspired you for your next article:-)