- Al-Qusayr, Syria
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footnotes =Al Qusayr, Syria or Al-Qusayr ( _ar. القصير) is a
Syria ncity administratively belonging toHoms Governorate . Al-Qusayr has an altitude of 540 meters. It has a population of 44,395."Al Qusayr", is the closest modern day city to the ancient walled hilltop city of Qadesh (now the ruins known as "Tell Nebi Mend", (ca. 1766 ft)) named for the ancient deity
Qetesh (Qetesh-goddess of beauty) and which sits north and above the plain east of the river where historians place the largest chariot vs. chariot battle in antiquity, theBattle of Qadesh , May1274 BC between the forces ofRamesses II 's Egypt and theAnatolia n Empire of theHittites ofMuwatalli II .
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