Reconstruction painting from
a relief of
Ramesses II at the siege
of Dharpur carved on the
inner south wall of the
Hypostyle Hall in the
Ramesseum. As usual in
Egyptian art, the king
is shown at huge scale in
relation to everyone else.
He tirelessly fires his
arrows from his charging
chariot, guiding the
horses by the reins tied
around his waist. The
Hittite enemy chariotry
is thrown into confusion,
their citadel attacked with
scaling ladders and the
defenders plunge from the
battlements as they put up a
useless resistance. The long
hieroglyphic inscription
extols, as usual, the great
valor of the king, aided by
the god
Amun.