Quote:I can't remember ever having come across an account of a pharaoh being killed with his entire army,
Nor will you. Especially not in the New Kingdom when Egypt reached its peak of imperial power. Egyptian hegemony over Canaan, sporadic from Ahmose to Tuthmoses II was cemented with Tuthmoses III's victory at Megiddo c 1475 BC. From then until c 1150 the Egyptians dominated Canaan and the archaeology on the ground demonstrates this with clear evidence.
Oddly, the fucking bible doesn't seem to know anything about it!