Egypt
Ahmed Osman
Paladin
Grafton Books
London
1987
ISBN: 0-586-08784-2
This 1987 book is a study of the mummy of Yuya discovered in 1905 in the Valley of Kings and the biblical figure of the Patriarch Joseph. This short book requires no knowledge of the Bible, Koran or the Pentateuch as Mr. Ahmed explains his theory well.
The authors theory is helped by the mummies Semitic looks and name as well as one of Yuya's titles on his funerary equipment which matches the Biblical Joseph's title " a father to Pharaoh". The book is certainly on the preachy side of the old testament and the Koran but the authors knowledge on these subjects as well as Egyptology is very good.
The argument is highly desirable that such an important historical religious figure could be represented by perhaps the most beautifully preserved mummy from ancient Egypt. However we know that the Viziers of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III bore names of Ramose, Ptahmose and possibly Aper-el there is no historical mention of this or the preceding King Thutmosis IV of a Vizier named Yuya.
The author himself lists the mummies titles and that of Tjaty (Vizier), as well as other titles associated with Vizier's are not present. The theory is delightful but the proof is lacking and there appears to be no place in the Egyptian historical record for Yuya to have ever been a Vizier to Pharaoh which the religious books tell us was Joseph's occupation to his Pharaoh.
The book was a good read but its religious content may not be for everyone and the books theory appears to be without merit.
- Gilded Coffin And Funerary Mask Of Tjuya
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- A Miracle In Stone
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- The Search For Nefertiti
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Egypt
Stranger in the Valley of Kings
Paladin
Grafton Books
London
1987
ISBN: 0-586-08784-2
This 1987 book is a study of the mummy of Yuya discovered in 1905 in the Valley of Kings and the biblical figure of the Patriarch Joseph. This short book requires no knowledge of the Bible, Koran or the Pentateuch as Mr. Ahmed explains his theory well.
The authors theory is helped by the mummies Semitic looks and name as well as one of Yuya's titles on his funerary equipment which matches the Biblical Joseph's title " a father to Pharaoh". The book is certainly on the preachy side of the old testament and the Koran but the authors knowledge on these subjects as well as Egyptology is very good.
The argument is highly desirable that such an important historical religious figure could be represented by perhaps the most beautifully preserved mummy from ancient Egypt. However we know that the Viziers of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III bore names of Ramose, Ptahmose and possibly Aper-el there is no historical mention of this or the preceding King Thutmosis IV of a Vizier named Yuya.
The author himself lists the mummies titles and that of Tjaty (Vizier), as well as other titles associated with Vizier's are not present. The theory is delightful but the proof is lacking and there appears to be no place in the Egyptian historical record for Yuya to have ever been a Vizier to Pharaoh which the religious books tell us was Joseph's occupation to his Pharaoh.
The book was a good read but its religious content may not be for everyone and the books theory appears to be without merit.
- Gilded Coffin And Funerary Mask Of Tjuya
Art Museum Journal (Stan Parchin) With photos. Yuya and Tjuya were the parents of Queen Tiye, the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (r. 1390-1353 B.C.) and the grandmother of Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1323 B.C.). Commoners of high social rank from...
- Tutankhamen’s Dynasty In The Valley Of Kings
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) The press conference held at the Egyptian Museum last week is still being discussed not only among scientists and Egyptologists but also among lovers of ancient Egyptian civilization, especially as the conference highlighted...
- Daily Photo - Tutankhamun
As nearly all of today's posts feature Tutankhamun, I felt obliged to make today's Daily Photograph relevant to the boy king. However, when I last took photographs at the Cairo museum I didn't have a good enough camera for the job, so I decided...
- A Miracle In Stone
Reverend Joseph A. Seiss Porter Coates Philadelphia 1877 ASIN B002EEP30M This 137 year old book is by Reverend Joseph A. Seiss pastor of The Church of the Holy Communion. The book is about the theory that the great pyramid at Giza is a holy book made...
- The Search For Nefertiti
Joann Fletcher Hodder & Stoughton 2004 London ISBN 0 340 83304 1 This book and television show caused quite a scandal five years ago when Egypt's antiquities Majordomo Dr. Zahi Hawass felt that Ms. Joanne Fletcher had deceived him in drawing conclusions...