Welcome to Deep Dives! 

Looking back at this season and all the varied episodes that I've put together, this is probably one of my favorites. In this episode we cover Thutmose III's campaign against the Mitanni in more detail and pick up with the rise of Amenhotep II. The majority of this episode covers Amenhotep II and Moses. My dialogues in this episode are entirely fictional. Everything is up to the listener to discern and make their own opinion about. Here are a few disclosures: 

- Tjaneni was real, his dialogues are fictional.

-  I am not suggesting the Exodus Pharaoh was undeniably Amenhotep II, I am merely providing my explanation on why I believe it was Amenhotep II.

- Whenever I say "open quote", it is a real quote, not a fictional one. 

- Amenhotep II's young friends were real, their dialogues are fictional.

- Moses's dialogues are real and are taken from the bible. 

- Whenever I quote Amenhotep II it is taken from the bible and attributed to him because I believe he was the Exodus Pharaoh. I could be wrong.

Now that my disclosures are out of the way, I hope you enjoy this long and varied episode.