Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

by Damien F. Mackey “[Wisdom] entered the soul of a servant of the Lord, and withstood dread kings with wonders and signs”. Wisdom 10:16 ------------------------------------------------------- Important Note: Previously, I have been adamant that Moses was not a king (Pharaoh), having recently written: “… another legend that has Moses as “a king” is misleading. Though great, Moses was definitely subservient to the two pharaohs who had the power of life and death over him. Indeed, “Chenephres” will even seek the life of Moses …” (Exodus 2:15; cf. 4:19). Moses, “… mighty in his words and deeds” (Acts 7:22), was the Vizier and Chief Judge in Egypt (cf. Exodus 2:14: ‘… Who made you ruler and judge over us?’), and we have found him exercising this twin office of enormous significance both as Weni (Uni) of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty, and as Mentuhotep (also Sinuhe, Iny?), of Egypt’s Twelfth Dynasty. However, in recent weeks I have stumbled across a handful of new identifications ...

by Damien F. Mackey There was … Kagemni, which name occurs in both the Fourth and Sixth dynasties. Egyptologists, with their lengthy chronological separation of the Fourth from the Sixth dynasty must assume that two Viziers Kagemni are involved here. No need for that if, as I think, the Fourth and Sixth dynasties were contemporaneous. My search for the historical Moses • Phase One Initially, inspired by a legend that Moses was “a king” (was this clue from Artapanus?), I searched for him amongst whichever pharaohs I considered to be chronologically reasonable for Moses. This took up a lot of time, with no positive result. • Phase Two Much later, after I had to my satisfaction identified Moses as Vizier and Chief Judge of Egypt (cf. Exodus 2:14) - a high office, but clearly subordinate to Pharaoh - I came to reject any notion that Moses could have been a King (Pharaoh). And I decried legends that, whilst often helpful, can sometimes be highly misleading. See e.g. my...