
The Exodus: Fact or Fiction? - Biblical Archaeology Society
Oct 24, 2024 · The Bible says the pharaoh of the Exodus would have ruled for less than 40 years. Amenhotep III ruled less than 40 years, Rameses II ruled 62 years. Everything points to …
Exodus in the Bible and the Egyptian Plagues
Mar 31, 2024 · The pharaoh ruling at the time of the Exodus is not named in the Bible; hence, efforts to identify him are based on conjecture. This partly explains why modern historians’ …
The Archaeological Context of the Exodus By James K. Hoffmeier Every spring as Passover nears, TV audiences in America are accustomed to seeing Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten …
Akhenaten and Moses - Biblical Archaeology Society
Apr 9, 2024 · 5. Moses precedes Akhenaten in history. Therefore, if there was any influence, it was the other way around. The Pharaoh of the Exodus was actually Thotmose III who died at …
Moses as Pharaoh’s Equal—Horns and All - Biblical Archaeology …
Sep 20, 2023 · As indicated, Moses has become the equivalent of Pharaoh, and Pharaoh, the guarantor of order in Egyptian society, has been transformed into Seth, the deity of chaos and …
Who Was Moses? Was He More than an Exodus Hero?
Feb 6, 2025 · And when God commands Moses to free the Israelites from Egypt, and Moses protests his competence to challenge the Pharaoh because of a speech defect—a “heaviness …
Pharaoh’s Brick Makers - Biblical Archaeology Society
May 7, 2024 · The Book of Exodus makes two basic assertions: prior to the biblical Exodus, the Israelites in Egypt were forced to make mudbricks, and they built “supply cities.” In Exodus …
Ancient Israel in Egypt and the Exodus
Feb 15, 2015 · The Pharaoh at the time of the Exodus was Pharaoh Thom, the last of the 12th Egyptian Dynasty (apart from a son who died immediately after Thom drowned.) From then on …
Tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II Discovered
Feb 28, 2025 · A joint Egyptian-British archaeological team has discovered the royal tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II (r. 1513–1500 BCE), marking the first discovery of a pharaoh’s tomb …
Exodus/Egypt - Biblical Archaeology Society
Apr 10, 2020 · The existing Exodus text, however, was hardly prepared before that time. Pharaoh’s Workers: How the Israelites Lived in Egypt. BAR, Jan/Feb 1999 by Barbara Lesko …