Egypt
The Telegraph (Richard Gray)
- Ancient Egyptian Cotton Unveils Secrets Of Domesticated Crop Evolution
Science Daily Scientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the relatively short history of plant domestication....
- Hollywood Takes On The Exodus
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2300569,00.htmlI don't usually cover Biblical archaeology, but this one stood out as being somewhat off the beaten track: "The greatest story ever told has acquired a Hollywood twist. James Cameron, the...
- Mysterious Case Of Death On The Nile, 4,000 Years Ago
http://tinyurl.com/crtcp "Archaeologists have begun to piece together the story of a mysterious massacre more than 4,000 years ago in the former royal city of Mendes, which flourished for 20 centuries on a low mound overlooking the green fields and papyrus...
- Archaeology Magazine Review Of Ramesses Tv Show
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/mummies&bones.html It is necessary to page down to about half way down this page, which shows a number of reviews. The show described is Rameses - Wrath of God or Man - it offers a critique of the programme,...
- Ramses Ii: The Mummy
The thought that the mummy of Ramses II in the Cairo museum is the mummy of the Pharaoh of the Exodus is almost certainly wrong. The story of the Exodus has never been proved to be anything other than a good story but whether it is true or not is not...
Egypt
Evidence for the Ten Plagues of Egypt at time of Ramesses II
The Telegraph (Richard Gray)
Researchers believe they have found evidence of real natural disasters on which the ten plagues of Egypt, which led to Moses freeing the Israelites from slavery in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, were based.
But rather than explaining them as the wrathful act of a vengeful God, the scientists claim the plagues can be attributed to a chain of natural phenomena triggered by changes in the climate and environmental disasters that happened hundreds of miles away.
They have compiled compelling evidence that offers new explanations for the Biblical plagues, which will be outlined in a new series to be broadcast on the National Geographical Channel on Easter Sunday.
Archaeologists now widely believe the plagues occurred at an ancient city of Pi-Rameses on the Nile Delta, which was the capital of Egypt during the reign of Pharaoh Rameses the Second, who ruled between 1279BC and 1213BC.
The city appears to have been abandoned around 3,000 years ago and scientists claim the plagues could offer an explanation.
Climatologists studying the ancient climate at the time have discovered a dramatic shift in the climate in the area occurred towards the end of Rameses the Second's reign.
- Ancient Egyptian Cotton Unveils Secrets Of Domesticated Crop Evolution
Science Daily Scientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the relatively short history of plant domestication....
- Hollywood Takes On The Exodus
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2300569,00.htmlI don't usually cover Biblical archaeology, but this one stood out as being somewhat off the beaten track: "The greatest story ever told has acquired a Hollywood twist. James Cameron, the...
- Mysterious Case Of Death On The Nile, 4,000 Years Ago
http://tinyurl.com/crtcp "Archaeologists have begun to piece together the story of a mysterious massacre more than 4,000 years ago in the former royal city of Mendes, which flourished for 20 centuries on a low mound overlooking the green fields and papyrus...
- Archaeology Magazine Review Of Ramesses Tv Show
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/mummies&bones.html It is necessary to page down to about half way down this page, which shows a number of reviews. The show described is Rameses - Wrath of God or Man - it offers a critique of the programme,...
- Ramses Ii: The Mummy
The thought that the mummy of Ramses II in the Cairo museum is the mummy of the Pharaoh of the Exodus is almost certainly wrong. The story of the Exodus has never been proved to be anything other than a good story but whether it is true or not is not...