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Damaris · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 9:58 pm Post subject: Looking for the time line!!!!

During King Tut's era what was happening in the Biblical era??

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Meritaton · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 12:20 pm Post subject:

The Egyptian and Biblical timelines can't really be fit, due to the lack of information. If we accept the generaly accepted theory that Moses lived during the reign of Ramesses II, then Tut's contemporaries could have been Joseph and his brothers (Ruben, Levi, Simeon, etc.) or his descendants. (If the Biblical story is true, it can also explain the origin of Akhenaten's monotheism: Joseph, the monotheist Jew arriving in Egypt - becoming friend of Pharaoh, possibly Amenhotep III - having a deep impact on the young prince Amenhotep who later becomes Akhenaten...)
The Bible also says that after many generations the ruler was a new Pharaoh, "who didn't know Joseph" so the Jews had to escape. This is pretty much resembling the story of Horemheb who founded a new dynasty and was opposed to everything that belonged to the former dynasty (okay, except for Mutnodjmet. Smile

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Damaris · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 3:32 am Post subject:

Thanks for your input!

Ramses · Prince/Princess Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 377

According to some Bible I saw, the date of the Exodus falls within the reins of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III.
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Meritaton · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 11:48 am Post subject:

It's an interesting theory, Amun-Ra, can you tell a bit more about it?