“I was sent forth from the broad halls of the palace… following after two slaves. Now when I reached the enclosure-wall of the Tjeku… they told [me] they were saying to the south that they had passed by on the third of the month of the third season, day 10. [Now] when [I] reached the […]
The Turin King List or Turin Royal Canon Papyrus dates to Ramesses II and is inscribed with a list of Egyptian Rulers (1279-1213). It mentions the names of all Egyptian rulers preceded by the register of gods that, as it was believed, ruled over Egypt before Pharaohs era. The document, originally complete, fell into about […]
“Israel is wasted, bare of seed” – Merneptah Stele “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with beings divine and human, and have prevailed.” (Genesis 32-29) Date- c. 1207 BCE Current Location- Cairo Museum, Cairo, Egypt Language and Script- Middle (Classical) Egyptian; hieroglyphic Merneptah Stele Close-Up Merneptah Stele Full […]
Seti was the son of Ramesses I and the father of Ramesses II. Seti’s mummy was discovered in 1881, in the mummy cache (tomb DB320) at Deir el-Bahri, and has since been kept at the Cairo Museum.
“I besieged and conquered Samaria and led away as booty 27,290 inhabitants of it. I formed from among them a contingent of 50 chariots and made those remaining assume their (present) statuses.” – Khorsabad Annals Annals of Sargon II Sargon II The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and […]
David, king of Israel, had committed egregious crimes. He had coveted the wife of his loyal servant Uriah the Hittite, taken her to his royal chambers, impregnated her and sent her beloved husband to his death. He had stopped at nothing to cover his tracks and to conceal his felonies. But even the high […]
Two bronze scepters and a bronze incense burner that all employ representations of either pomegranates or of poppy seed pods, found at Tel Nami in 1989. They date to the 13th century B.C.E. or perhaps to the early 12th century BCE. Pomegranate Scepters and Incense Stand with Pomegranates Found in Priest’s Grave, Michal Artzy, BAR […]
The mummy of Merneptah was discovered in 1898 along with eighteen other mummies in the tomb of Amenhotep II, although it is believed that Merneptah was originally buried in the Valley of the Kings. The mummy was unwrapped and identified in Cairo by Dr. G. Elliott Smith on July 8, 1907. Merneptah ruled Egypt ca. […]
Overview Amos, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. Hosea and Isaiah, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum and Habbakuk, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. Perspectives on the Exile (Jeremiah, Ezekiel and 2nd Isaiah), Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. Biblical History- From Isaiah to Jeremiah, c. 700-586 […]
The Dead Sea Scrolls “The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.” חזון ישעיהו בן-אמוץ אשר חזה על-יהודה וירושלם בימי עזיהו יותם אחז יחזקיהו מלכי יהודה (Isaiah 1-1)