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The Siege of Dapur occurred as part of Ramesses II
Ramesses II

Ramesses II was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is often regarded as Ancient Egypt's greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh....
's campaign to suppress Galilee
Galilee

Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa t...
 and conquer Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 in 1269 BC. He inscribed his campaign on the wall of his mortuary temple, the Ramesseum
Ramesseum

The Ramesseum is the Temples of a Million years of Pharaoh Ramesses II . It is located in the Thebes, Egypt necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the Nile from the modern city of Luxor....
 in Thebes
Thebes

Thebes may refer to one of the following places:* Thebes, Egypt – Thebes of the Hundred Gates; one-time capital of the New Kingdom of Egypt...
. The inscriptions say that Dapur was "in the land of Hatti". Although Dapur has often been identified with Tabor in Canaan, Kenneth Kitchen argues that this identification is incorrect and that the Dapur in question is in Syria.

From Egyptian reliefs we can see that Dapur was a city, heavily fortified with both inner and outer walls, and situated on a hill which was usual for Syrian cities and many other cities in the Bronze Age.

Contemporary illustrations of the siege show the use of ladders and chariots with soldiers climbing scale ladders supported by archers.






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The Siege of Dapur occurred as part of Ramesses II
Ramesses II

Ramesses II was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is often regarded as Ancient Egypt's greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh....
's campaign to suppress Galilee
Galilee

Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa t...
 and conquer Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 in 1269 BC. He inscribed his campaign on the wall of his mortuary temple, the Ramesseum
Ramesseum

The Ramesseum is the Temples of a Million years of Pharaoh Ramesses II . It is located in the Thebes, Egypt necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the Nile from the modern city of Luxor....
 in Thebes
Thebes

Thebes may refer to one of the following places:* Thebes, Egypt – Thebes of the Hundred Gates; one-time capital of the New Kingdom of Egypt...
. The inscriptions say that Dapur was "in the land of Hatti". Although Dapur has often been identified with Tabor in Canaan, Kenneth Kitchen argues that this identification is incorrect and that the Dapur in question is in Syria.

From Egyptian reliefs we can see that Dapur was a city, heavily fortified with both inner and outer walls, and situated on a hill which was usual for Syrian cities and many other cities in the Bronze Age.

Contemporary illustrations of the siege show the use of ladders and chariots with soldiers climbing scale ladders supported by archers. Six of the sons of Ramesses, still wearing their side locks, also appear on those depictions of the siege. Those include: