"His Majesty was confident, an unstoppable fighting force. Everything near him was ablaze with fire – all the foreign lands were blasted by his scorching breath. He slaughtered all the troops of the do…"

"The narrative designed for internal consumption was fiction moulded around a kernel of fact: the pharaoh was indeed cut off from his army, he did face a chariot onslaught while outnumbered, and he did…"

"I am the King of Kings, the Pharaoh of all Pharaohs, the Lord of all Lords. I am the one who brings peace and order to the land, who vanquishes all foes, and whose strength is unmatched."

"I boasted that I had fathered 80 sons and around 60 daughters."

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"