Egypt
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 my point, my point being that as a fragile old man in poor health over 90 years of age he would have been in agony over the ride his frail badly decaying teeth chattering together his delicate bones breaking with each bump.
Chasing enemy or prey in a chariot is the sport of the young and vigorous people and not of the old, the mummy of Ramses II in the Cairo museum ended his Chariot days perhaps decades before he finally died. If the story of the Exodus is true and it occurred in this mummies reign than it was a representative of Pharaoh who drowned in the Red sea and not the person who's mummy is labeled Rameses II in the Cairo museum.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/944/he2.htm
- Ramesses I Mummy
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/149295A very short piece from the Question and Answer section on the Arizona Daily Times web page, about the value of DNA testing mummies:"Question: The Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta had possession of a number...
- Review Of The New Mummy Gallery In Cairo
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/808/hr2.htmNevine el-Aref reviews the new mummy gallery at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, giving very useful details about the origins of the mummies displayed. "The 53 mummies, the total in the two caches, were kept in...
- Wv 22?
I have noticed on a number of sites that one of the mummies recently studied by Dr. Hawass has been given the designation of WV 22. The mummy in question was found in the Valley of kings in KV 35 in a side chamber with an inscription identifying it as...
- Mummies Myth And Magic In Ancient Egypt
Christine El Mahdy Thames & Hudson New York 1989 Library of Congress Catalogue No. 89-50542 This 1989 book by author Christine El Mahdy was appointed with a number of nice images gracing its 192 pages though there was interesting details I also...
- 2008 In Brief
Among the finds of this past year was an old kingdom pyramid belonging to queen Sesheshet of dynasty six this find was moderately interesting as were the two empty tombs found near the causeway of king Unas. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/923/he1.htm...
Egypt
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 my point, my point being that as a fragile old man in poor health over 90 years of age he would have been in agony over the ride his frail badly decaying teeth chattering together his delicate bones breaking with each bump.
Chasing enemy or prey in a chariot is the sport of the young and vigorous people and not of the old, the mummy of Ramses II in the Cairo museum ended his Chariot days perhaps decades before he finally died. If the story of the Exodus is true and it occurred in this mummies reign than it was a representative of Pharaoh who drowned in the Red sea and not the person who's mummy is labeled Rameses II in the Cairo museum.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/944/he2.htm
- Ramesses I Mummy
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/149295A very short piece from the Question and Answer section on the Arizona Daily Times web page, about the value of DNA testing mummies:"Question: The Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta had possession of a number...
- Review Of The New Mummy Gallery In Cairo
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/808/hr2.htmNevine el-Aref reviews the new mummy gallery at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, giving very useful details about the origins of the mummies displayed. "The 53 mummies, the total in the two caches, were kept in...
- Wv 22?
I have noticed on a number of sites that one of the mummies recently studied by Dr. Hawass has been given the designation of WV 22. The mummy in question was found in the Valley of kings in KV 35 in a side chamber with an inscription identifying it as...
- Mummies Myth And Magic In Ancient Egypt
Christine El Mahdy Thames & Hudson New York 1989 Library of Congress Catalogue No. 89-50542 This 1989 book by author Christine El Mahdy was appointed with a number of nice images gracing its 192 pages though there was interesting details I also...
- 2008 In Brief
Among the finds of this past year was an old kingdom pyramid belonging to queen Sesheshet of dynasty six this find was moderately interesting as were the two empty tombs found near the causeway of king Unas. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/923/he1.htm...