Kadesh: The Chariot Battle Both Pharaohs Claimed to Win

Two kings fought the largest chariot battle their world had ever seen. Then both went home and told their people they had won.In the spring of 1274 BC, two nomad tribesmen walked into the camp of Ramesses II and told the young pharaoh exactly what he wanted to hear: the Hittite king was a hundred miles to the north, afraid to come south and defend Kadesh. Ramesses believed them — the intelligence ...