That the records we have of the actions of Rameses II at the Battle of Kadesh
The battle that took place in Kadesh in the year 1294BC is one of the best-documented events in the ancient world. This was due to the fact that Rameses II was the first Pharaoh (God-King) to bring an entourage of scribes to battle with him. ... Rameses II may well have wished for these scribes to exaggerate his performance, to make it seem that he possessed the military prowess of a deity, in addition to the indestructible nature that most deities are associated with. ... The account of the Battle of Kadesh begins with the army of Rameses II advancing upon the city of Kadesh in four corps. Rameses II himself was with the lead element of the corps, known as Amun. While crossing the River Orontes (Arnath) to begin the approach to the city from the south, two Bedouin tribesmen, secretly in the employ of the Hittite king, led what appears to have been a gullible Rameses the Great into believing that the Hittite army was many miles away to the north.