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Category Archives: Ancient Egypt
Bronze Age epidemic
A terrible epidemic, probably the Bubonic Plague, in the 14th century before Christ prompted one of the exodus-like events–or so I have speculated on the basis of Manetho’s claim that lepers or diseased quarry workers were quarenteened. Here is the quotation from … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel
Tagged Bronze Age collapse, Josephus, Manetho, plague
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Graves in Egypt (Exodus 14:11)
Already in 2017 there have been 3 major archeological finds in Egypt. The two tombs are from the New Kingdom period -1500 to -1000. This is of interest to me because I have been arguing that it was during this … Continue reading
Out of Egypt
I sometimes hear or read that the exodus never happened, even that there is not a shred of evidence for it in the Egyptian records. People who say this are probably rejecting a theological or sensational Hollywood version of the … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Egypt, Bible, Exodus
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Some old gossip about Moses’ marriage
This week I am going to post some things that relate in one way or another to Moses and the Exodus. It is Passover week, after all. I am a sucker for stories from the Daily Mail, even though I … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, Church
Tagged Ezekiel the Tragedian, Midianites, Moses, Zipporah
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That statue in Cairo is probably not Ramses II
The latest news about the statue just discovered in a Cairo neighborhood is that the initial identification of the Pharaoh depicted is suspect. In other words, it probably is not Ramses II, but a much later Pharaoh. See the very … Continue reading
Egyptian gods and kings
In the last month there have been existing discoveries about late Bronze Age Egypt. First, a trove of statues (idols) from the 14th century reign of Amenhotep III have come to light at Luxor in upper Egypt. He was the … Continue reading
