Reaches the vicinity of Shabtuna
· Vicinity south of Shabtuna, near Kadesh, Syria
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file Immediately before reaching Kadesh, Ramesses and the Egyptian advance guard arrived south of Shabtuna, where captured scouts revealed the nearby Hittite army. Shabtuna's exact site is uncertain. The coordinate represents the documented area south of Kadesh; the date follows the article's conversion for Ramesses's arrival at Kadesh.
