Posts

Pharaoh Sneferu

-
Image
    by   Damien F. Mackey       “Snofru soon became a legendary figure, and literature in later periods credited him with a genial personality”.   “Cheops ... is portrayed in [Papyrus Westcar] as the traditional legendary oriental monarch, good-natured …”.   Nicolas Grimal       Introduction   Throughout various articles now I have concluded that the ancient Egyptian dynasty that oppressed the Israelites at the time of Moses consisted of only four rulers, with the other names being duplicates, or triplicates. These rulers were, in order:   1.        The “new king” of Exodus 1:8, who began the Oppression of Israel; 2.         Moses, presumed son of 1., who ruled briefly and who then abdicated; 3.       “Chenephres” of tradition, married to “Merris’ of tradition, the Egyptian foster-mother of Moses; ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Thutmose IV may be Thutmose III procrusteanised, cut off really short

-
Image
    by   Damien F. Mackey     Added to this, Brian Alm has noted that reliefs of Thutmose IV actually refer to his Heb Sed festival (“Thutmose IV: Placeholder or Pivot?”). This usually indicated that the King of Egypt had attained to three decades of reign.       In the ancient king lists we find kings and pharaohs, duplicated and even triplicated. This comment applies to e.g. the Egyptian dynastic lists, the Assyro-Babylonian (Chaldean) king lists, and to the Medo-Persian lists.     Archaeological data just cannot support so many kings as arise from these chaotic lists. On this, see e.g. my article:   Medo-Persian history has no adequate archaeology   (6) Medo-Persian history has no adequate archaeology   A most significant instance of duplication arises, so I would suggest, in the middle part of Egypt’s famous Eighteenth Dynasty :   Has Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty succ...
Post a Comment
Read more