Egypt
Philae Victory Stele
This is an article on the Philae victory stele which has been known for more than a hundred years however the trilingual inscription is poorly carved and difficult to read. Recent study has shown that Roman Emperor Octavian is mentioned as a Pharaoh on the stele even though Octavian was never crowned Pharaoh.
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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...
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News: Finds From Heracleion
USA Today The Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology released the monograph of a sunken stone stele discovered in the city of Heracleion dating to the reign of the Greek Pharaoh Ptolemy VIII before 116 B.C. The stele, inscribed in Greek and Hieroglyphs,...
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New Book: Philae And The End Of Ancient Egyptian Religion
Dijkstra J.H.F., Philae and the End of Ancient Egyptian Religion. A Regional Study of Religious Transformation (298-642 CE) Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 173 Summary: The famous island of Philae, on Egypt's southern frontier, can be considered...
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The Exodus, Finding The Exact Date
The Exodus The famed Egyptologist Sir Alan Gardiner,...
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How The Battle Of Actium Changed
Poor Antony and Cleopatre really pissed Octavian and in 31bc Octavian showed who's boss. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1310842/how_the_battle_of_actium_changed_the_world/index.html...
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