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- Archaeologists Find Ancient Scarab In Jerusalem
Israel Hayom (Yori Yalon) Rare Egyptian artifact dates back to the 13th century B.C.E., the era when some scholars speculate the Exodus may have occurred • Scarab bears name, in Egyptian writing, of the sun god Amon-Ra, one of Egypt's most...
- New Book: Egypt, Canaan And Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology And Literature
Brill Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature Proceedings of a Conference at the University of Haifa, 3-7 May 2009 Edited by S. Bar, D. Kahn, and J.J. Shirley The proceedings of the conference “Egypt, Canaan and Israel:...
- Wine Press Discovered In Southern Israel
Daily Mail With photographs. Israeli archaeologists have discovered an unusually shaped 1,400-year-old wine press that was exceptionally advanced for its time. The octagonal press measures 21ft by 54ft and was discovered in southern Israel, around 25...
- Sphinx Of Mycerinus
An archaeological expedition digging in northern Israel has found a statue of a sphinx inscribed with the name of the builder of the smallest of the pyramids at Giza, King Mycerinus. It is the only known sphinx of this king and is unlikely to have arrived...
- The Brave And The Bold
Egypt is in a state of unrest with crowds of tens of thousands of people are gathering in Tahrir square calling for the removal field marshal Tantawi. Clashes with the peaceful crowds and the Egyptian army have resulted in numerous arrests...
Egypt
Paper discusses possibility of early Egyptian reference to Israel
Bible History Daily
The Merneptah Stele has long been touted as the earliest extrabiblical reference to Israel.* The ancient Egyptian inscription dates to about 1205 B.C.E. and recounts the military conquests of the pharaoh Merneptah. Near the bottom of the hieroglyphic inscription, a people called “Israel” is said to have been wiped out by the conquering pharaoh. This has been used by some experts as evidence of the ethnogenesis of Israel around that time.
But a new publication by Egyptologists and Biblical scholars Manfred Görg, Peter van der Veen and Christoffer Theis suggests that there may be an even earlier reference to Israel in the Egyptian record. Manfred Görg discovered a broken statue pedestal containing hieroglyphic name-rings in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin and, after studying it with colleagues Peter van der Veen and Christoffer Theis, they suggest that one of the name-rings should be read as “Israel.”
- Archaeologists Find Ancient Scarab In Jerusalem
Israel Hayom (Yori Yalon) Rare Egyptian artifact dates back to the 13th century B.C.E., the era when some scholars speculate the Exodus may have occurred • Scarab bears name, in Egyptian writing, of the sun god Amon-Ra, one of Egypt's most...
- New Book: Egypt, Canaan And Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology And Literature
Brill Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature Proceedings of a Conference at the University of Haifa, 3-7 May 2009 Edited by S. Bar, D. Kahn, and J.J. Shirley The proceedings of the conference “Egypt, Canaan and Israel:...
- Wine Press Discovered In Southern Israel
Daily Mail With photographs. Israeli archaeologists have discovered an unusually shaped 1,400-year-old wine press that was exceptionally advanced for its time. The octagonal press measures 21ft by 54ft and was discovered in southern Israel, around 25...
- Sphinx Of Mycerinus
An archaeological expedition digging in northern Israel has found a statue of a sphinx inscribed with the name of the builder of the smallest of the pyramids at Giza, King Mycerinus. It is the only known sphinx of this king and is unlikely to have arrived...
- The Brave And The Bold
Egypt is in a state of unrest with crowds of tens of thousands of people are gathering in Tahrir square calling for the removal field marshal Tantawi. Clashes with the peaceful crowds and the Egyptian army have resulted in numerous arrests...