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Virtual Guide | Lands of Abraham | Egypt

Lands of Abraham
Egypt | Roman Glass | Bricks

Since time immemorial, Africa has been covered with a network of routes. Whenever people travel and for whatever, they carry objects to accompany them. When we find those objects through archeological excavations, we can reconstruct the travel routes.

The army of Alexander the Great was one of the many armies that headed for the ancient lands of Egypt. Egypt, land of the pharaohs, fertile because of the Nile River, was the port of entry for Africa. Alexander undertook an expedition to conquer Egypt in 332-331 BC, resulting in his control over the country.

Pharaohs; Coronation as King of Upper and Lower Egypt; Gods Thoth and Khons as Baboons; Ethiopia and the Falashas.

Pharaoh, ---from Egyptian, per'aa, meaning, and great house --- became a synonym for the Egyptian King under the New Kingdom (starting in the 18th dynasty 1539-1282 BCE). A Pharaoh was distinguished with the symbol of a cobra---ureus --- on his crown.

When Abram and Sarai visited Egypt fleeing from the draught in search of food, Abram passed off his wife, Sarai, as his sister, because Sarai was very beautiful and Abram feared for his life. Gen: 12:15-18 " The princes of Pharaoh saw
Her (Sarai)" and "Pharaoh called Abram"

In Gen: 41: 14 "Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph". Pharaohs had to delegate responsibility to their chief assistant, the Vizier. Joseph became a Vizier to Pharaoh.
It is not known to which Pharaoh, maybe one of the 12th dynasty (1878-1782 BCE), like Senusret III, or later, of the 13th dynasty (1782-1720), like Sobekhotep II.

In Exodus 1: 7-11 ' a king who had never heard of Joseph ' came to power in Egypt.
The Egyptians than " put taskmasters over the Israelites' who had settled in Egypt under Joseph's leadership " so as to wear them down by forced labor' and " in this way they built the store-cities of Pithom and Raamses for Pharaoh"

There is no evidence that the biblical Pharaoh of the Oppression or Exodus was the famed Ramesses II; more likely, it was Pharaoh Merneptah (1212-1202).

Pharaoh's titles were: Horus; Two Ladies; Golden Horus; King of Upper and Lower Egypt; Lord of the Double Land; Son of Re and Lord of the Diadems.

This plaque depicts the coronation of a Pharaoh receiving the crowns of 'Upper and Lower Egypt' and the title 'Lord of the Double Land.'

The Egyptian moon-gods Khons, and Thoth ----Thoth meaning: thrice great, like, Hermes Trismegistos--- were associated with Baboons; most likely, the Hamadryas, the Sacred or Arabian Baboon. Mummified bodies of many of these Baboons have been unearthed. Baboon images were found in the temple city of Karnak and on the island of Elephantine in the middle of the Nile near Aswan.

A Jewish community built a temple with dimensions like Solomon's temple on Elephantine. It is speculated that those Jews were merchants and settlers somehow related to Ethiopia and the Falashas, the descendents of Jews who traveled back to Ethiopia with Menelik, the son of King Solomon and Queen Bliquis of Sheba c.980 BCE.

They used Elephantine and its community as a halfway station to park the 'Ark of the Covenant', which Menelik had taken from Jerusalem. See the Kabre Negast, the Holy Book of Ethiopians.

Circa 925 BCE, Pharaoh Shoshenk I --- founder of the 22nd dynasty and to be identified with the Biblical 'Shishak, king of Egypt'--- according to 1Kings 14: 25-26 and II Chronicles 12: 2-9, came to Jerusalem and despoiled the temple of Solomon in Year 5 of Rehoboam. The 'Ark of the Covenant' had already disappeared from the temple.
1 Kings 14: 26 "…and carried off the treasures of the House of the Lord and the treasures of the palace. He carried off everything; he even carried off all the golden shields that Solomon had made."

In the 5th century BCE, the Jewish temple of Elephantine was also destroyed and the community vanished.

Pre-Tigre pottery and stick finials of Axum ( 1 Millennium BCE), supposedly the town where Menelik took the 'Ark of the Covenant' and where it is resting today in a specially constructed Sanctuary.

Egyptian Exile of the Hebrews c. 1250 BCE

Contrary to popular believe, the Hebrews in exile in Egypt did not build the pyramids. The pyramids were built at least 1000 years earlier. Recent excavations at Giza have revealed the graves of the pyramid builders. DNA evidence showed that the workers were Egyptians. They formed a privileged class, were well paid, and enjoyed luxuries like medical care and elaborate funerals.

If the Hebrew Bondage was a historic event, than it was most likely during the construction of the cities of Pi-Ramesse and Avaris, c. 1250 BCE.

Egyptian Fayum, finding place of most of the oldest Biblical fragments.

Since time immemorial, Africa has been covered with a network of routes. Whenever people travel and for whatever, they carry objects to accompany them. When we find those objects through archeological excavations, we can reconstruct the travel routes.

The army of Alexander the Great was one of the many armies that headed for the ancient lands of Egypt. Egypt, land of the pharaohs, fertile because of the Nile River, was the port of entry for Africa. Alexander undertook an expedition to conquer Egypt in 332-331 BC, resulting in his control over the country.

Pharaohs; Coronation as King of Upper and Lower Egypt; Gods Thoth and Khons as Baboons; Ethiopia and the Falashas.

Pharaoh, ---from Egyptian, per'aa, meaning, and great house --- became a synonym for the Egyptian King under the New Kingdom (starting in the 18th dynasty 1539-1282 BCE). A Pharaoh was distinguished with the symbol of a cobra---ureus --- on his crown.

When Abram and Sarai visited Egypt fleeing from the draught in search of food, Abram passed off his wife, Sarai, as his sister, because Sarai was very beautiful and Abram feared for his life. Gen: 12:15-18 " The princes of Pharaoh saw
Her (Sarai)" and "Pharaoh called Abram"

In Gen: 41: 14 "Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph". Pharaohs had to delegate responsibility to their chief assistant, the Vizier. Joseph became a Vizier to Pharaoh.
It is not known to which Pharaoh, maybe one of the 12th dynasty (1878-1782 BCE), like Senusret III, or later, of the 13th dynasty (1782-1720), like Sobekhotep II.

In Exodus 1: 7-11 ' a king who had never heard of Joseph ' came to power in Egypt.
The Egyptians than " put taskmasters over the Israelites' who had settled in Egypt under Joseph's leadership " so as to wear them down by forced labor' and " in this way they built the store-cities of Pithom and Raamses for Pharaoh"

There is no evidence that the biblical Pharaoh of the Oppression or Exodus was the famed Ramesses II; more likely, it was Pharaoh Merneptah (1212-1202).

Pharaoh's titles were: Horus; Two Ladies; Golden Horus; King of Upper and Lower Egypt; Lord of the Double Land; Son of Re and Lord of the Diadems.

This plaque depicts the coronation of a Pharaoh receiving the crowns of 'Upper and Lower Egypt' and the title 'Lord of the Double Land.'

The Egyptian moon-gods Khons, and Thoth ----Thoth meaning: thrice great, like, Hermes Trismegistos--- were associated with Baboons; most likely, the Hamadryas, the Sacred or Arabian Baboon. Mummified bodies of many of these Baboons have been ( In Egyptian religion, god Khons was the Son of God, Amon and goddess, Mut.God Thoth, the god of learning, of writing and of languages, was adviser to sun god Re. The Thoth cult was centered in Hermopolis, modern al-Ashmunayn, in Upper Egypt.) unearthed. Baboon images were found in the temple city of Karnak and on the island of Elephantine in the middle of the Nile near Aswan.

A Jewish community built a temple with dimensions like Solomon's temple on Elephantine. It is speculated that those Jews were merchants and settlers somehow related to Ethiopia and the Falashas, the descendents of Jews who traveled back to Ethiopia with Menelik, the son of King Solomon and Queen Bliquis of Sheba c.980 BCE

They used Elephantine and its community as a halfway station to park the 'Ark of the Covenant', which Menelik had taken from Jerusalem. See the Kabre Negast, the Holy Book of Ethiopians.

Circa 925 BCE, Pharaoh Shoshenk I --- founder of the 22nd dynasty and to be identified with the Biblical 'Shishak, king of Egypt'--- according to 1Kings 14: 25-26 and II Chronicles 12: 2-9, came to Jerusalem and despoiled the temple of Solomon in Year 5 of Rehoboam. The 'Ark of the Covenant' had already disappeared from the temple.
1 Kings 14: 26 "…and carried off the treasures of the House of the Lord and the treasures of the palace. He carried off everything; he even carried off all the golden shields that Solomon had made."

In the 5th century BCE, the Jewish temple of Elephantine was also destroyed and the community vanished.

Pre-Tigre pottery and stick finials of Axum ( 1 Millennium BCE), supposedly the town where Menelik took the 'Ark of the Covenant' and where it is resting today in a specially constructed Sanctuary.

Egyptian Exile of the Hebrews c. 1250 BCE
Contrary to popular believe, the Hebrews in exile in Egypt did not build the pyramids. The pyramids were built at least 1000 years earlier. Recent excavations at Giza have revealed the graves of the pyramid builders. DNA evidence showed that the workers were Egyptians. They formed a privileged class, were well paid, and enjoyed luxuries like medical care and elaborate funerals.