Poisoned Legacy

Poisoned LegacyAfter the death of Rameses II, the Nineteenth Dynasty soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with the accession of a new dynasty. Sethy I and Rameses IIs promotion of a concept of a wider royal family may have sown the seeds for the conflicts among their descendants. Aidan Dodson explores the mysteries of the origins of the usurper king Amenmeses and the career of the king maker of the period, the

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