Kadesh inscriptions

The combined evidence in the form of texts and wall reliefs provide the best documented description of a battle in all of ancient history.

In addition, some reliefs also inscribed in the same location offer pictorial depictions of the battle.

The Poem has been questioned as actual verse, as opposed to a prose account similar to what other pharaohs had recorded.

[3] Eight copies survive today on the temples at Abydos, Karnak, Luxor and Abu Simbel, with reliefs depicting the battle.

[2] In addition to these lengthy presentations, there are also numerous small captions used to point out various elements of the battle.