by hadassah | Dec 31, 2008 | Exodus, Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
The Babylonian Chronicle, 722 BCE The Destruction of Samaria”On the twenty-fifth day of the month of Tebet Shalmaneser (V) ascended the throne in Assyria <and Akkad>. He ravaged Samaria.” Date- 722 BCE Current Location- British Museum, London,...
by hadassah | Dec 31, 2008 | Exodus, Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
Tiglath-Pileser III and the Syro-Ephraimite War: Kalah Palace Summary Inscription 4, 730 BCE Assyrian king appoints Hoshea”Israel (lit- Omri-land Bit-Humria)… All its inhabitants (and) their possessions I led to Assyria. They overthrew their king...
by hadassah | Dec 31, 2008 | Exodus, The Exodus
Papyrus Anastasi V, c. 1200 BCE “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...
by hadassah | Dec 24, 2008 | Exodus
Turin King List, 1279-1213 BCE 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...
by hadassah | Dec 10, 2008 | Exodus, The Exodus
Stelae and Reliefs of Pharaoh Merneptah, c. 1207 BCE “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)...
by hadassah | Dec 10, 2008 | Exodus
Mummy of Seti, 1279 BCE 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. What do you want to know? Ask our AI...
