The Ramesside War Scenes and Texts of KarnakTemple.

The various Ramesside war scenes and texts of Karnak temple are principal historical source for all the scholars who interested in the study of the imperial policy of Egypt in its territories at Syria and Canaan during the New Kingdom, the ancient Egyptian military, the political situation in the ancient Near East during the Late Bronze Age, and Biblical archaeology as well. The Canaanite town of Yenoam was very remarkable in the war scenes and texts of the Ramesside Period, where it has been depicted and mentioned in some of the most important Ramesside military historical sources; as the northern war scenes of Sety I at Karnak, the First Beth-Shan stela of Sety I and the triumphant hymn of Merenptah. This paper surveys and discusses the depiction and registration of the town of Yenoam in the Ramesside war scenes and texts of Karnak temple, to shed the light on new historical aspects of this significant strategic town during this period.