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A royal jubilee takes shape after a season of deaths, with Memphis prepared for Rameses II's ceremony.
Rameses II's third decade moves from public triumph into private loss, then toward a ceremony designed to renew the king's authority. The episode follows the deaths and burials of Queen Nefertiti, the queen mother Tui, or Tuya, and Amun-Her-Kopeshef near the king's own tomb,…
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Want royal ritual with a shadow of mortality? Press play for Rameses II approaching the Sed Festival after a decade marked by loss.
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