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A larger-than-life Ramses II towering over his prisoners and clutching them by the hair. Limestone bas-relief from Memphis, Egypt, 1290–24 bce; in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
The Battle of Kadesh, fought between the Egyptian forces of Ramses II and the Hittites under Muwatallis, took place in 1275 BCE.1