To Vile Carchemish.

In Year 16, King Horemheb may have led a “campaign of victory” to the far north. An artefact identified in the 1970s, but lost for decades, testifies to these events… but what do they mean?
  • Date: c.1316 BCE.
  • Music intro: Keith Zizza.
  • Music interludes and outro: Luke Chaos.
  • Banner image: Horemheb smiting prisoners before Ptah. Metropolitan Museum of Art.


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