Whatever doubts scholars may entertain about the historicity of the Exodus, memories of an Israelite sojourn in Egypt seem too sharply etched to dismiss out of hand. The Biblical account simply contains too many accurate details and bears too many correspondences with Egyptian records to ignore. And although in our current state of knowledge we […]
Highlights- Descent to Egypt The Amarna Letters, 14th century BCE Tomb of King Tutanhkamen, 1323 BCE Overview The Mists of Antiquity 2000-1000 BC, Teddy Kollek and Moshe Pearlman, Jerusalem- Sacred City of Mankind, Steimatzky Ltd., Jerusalem, 1991. Biblical History- From Abraham to Moses, c. 1850-1200 BCE, Steven Feldman, COJS. Artifacts Descent to Egypt The Lion […]
Mask of Tutankhamen’s mummy King Tutankhamen ruled Egypt for nine years, from approximately 1332 to 1323 BCE. He ascended the throne at age nine, and he remained in power until his sudden death at age 18. His tomb was discovered on November 22, 1922, by Howard Carter, an English archaeologist and Egyptologist, in the Valley […]
African and Syrian captives The tomb of General Haremhab was one of the first built at southern Saqqara, close to and probably visible from the city of Memphis, after King Tutankhamun’s abandonment of El-Amarna. Haremhab wielded the military power in Egypt during the reign of young Tutankhamun. His tomb contains scenes of a triumphant parade […]
From the tomb of Hornedjitef From the time of the 18th dynasty (c. 1539 to c. 1292 BCE), a rolled up copy of the Book of the Dead was put into a compartment in the base of the statue. The god Osiris was considered to be the father of Horus. Filer, Joyce, The Mystery of […]
Horus Horus Panels Its freewheeling mastery of the sky and the fierce arrogance of its sharp beak and darting glance made the falcon one of the major embodiments of divinity for the ancient Egyptians. There were a number of falcon gods, including Sokar, Nemty, and the warlike Montu. Foremost among them, and one of […]
As a reward for his exploits in Palestine around 1455 BCE, Tuthmosis III presented General Djehuty with this gold cup, which is now in the Louvre. According to an Egyptian folk tale, Djehuty had captured the town of Joppa (modern Jaffa) by concealing his soldiers inside earthenware jars. The Arabian Nights tale “Ali Baba and […]
Date- 14th century BCE Current Location- Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Language and Script- Akkadian; cuneiform Amarna Letter 1 Amarna Letter 2 Biblical Verses- During his campaign through the land of Canaan, Joshua faced the same groups of chiefdoms as had been powerful two hundred years earlier, in the Amarna Period. Among them was the chiefdom […]
Pharaoh Thutmose III of Egypt was famous for his many successful military campaigns and is sometimes called “Napoleon of Ancient Egypt.” In addition to his victories against the Mittanian Empire, he launched campaigns into Syria and Palestine every summer for 18 years. Thutmose III At Karnak, Thutmose III lists the names Jacob-El, Joseph-El and Levi-El […]
While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, British archaeologist Howard Carter came face to face with Egyptian royalty On November 26, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874–1939) and his patron, the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, first glimpsed the dazzling contents of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (1336–1327 B.C.). Carter had arrived in […]