Qadesh: the Great Hittite-Egyptian Clash
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Even though the Hittite empire didn't provide posterity with colorful, Egyptian-style female rulers[1], at several points a term is used to describe the Queen or First Lady: Tawananna, which appears to derive from the given name of the first, pe…
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