The Legacy and the Loss. As Total War: Pharaoh begins, Egypt lives under the rule of MERNEPTAH. A mighty pharaoh, Merneptah has accomplished much in peace and war. But the King is aging, his journey will soon end, and his legacy will be complicated…NOTE: We will discuss Merneptah's Canaanite wars in an upcoming episode (about Bay, Irsu, and that region). This was mentioned in episode but some folks may have missed that. Please be patient and let the episodes tell their story :)Preview and purchase Total War: Pharaoh at https://pharaoh.totalwar.com/.Music in all episodes by Richard Beddow © Creative Assembly 2023.See the History of Egypt Podcast on all podcasting apps and at www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.Select references:

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C. Manassa, The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah: Grand Strategy in the 13th Century BC (2003).

D. B. Redford, ‘The Ashkelon Relief at Karnak and the Israel Stela’, Israel Exploration Journal 36 (1986), 188—200.

F. Servajean, Mérenptah et la fin de la XIXe dynastie (2014).

I. Singer, ‘Merneptah’s Campaign to Canaan and the Egyptian Occupation of the Southern Coastal Plain of Palestine in the Ramesside Period’, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1988), 1—10.

F. J. Yurco, ‘Merenptah’s Canaanite Campaign’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 23 (1986), 189—215.

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