Egypt mystery: Why 'extraordinary' 3,000-year-old ‘SOS’ letter baffled archaeologists

Egypt mystery: Why 'extraordinary' 3,000-year-old ‘SOS’ letter baffled archaeologists :The Egyptians, unlike the Hittites, had anticipated a crisis and planned ahead for a food shortage, and mounted a relief effort, sending grains to their former enemies.






More than 3,000 years ago the Queen of the Hittites, who lived in what is now Turkey, sent a clay tablet to Ramses II, the Egyptian pharaoh, with an SOS message stating: “I have no grain in my lands.” Previously, the two kingdoms had been at war, but a severe drought was carving a path of destruction through the ancient Levant, killing crops, cattle and people. The Egyptians, unlike the Hittites, had anticipated a crisis and planned ahead for a food shortage, and mounted a relief effort, sending grains to their former enemies.


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