Coins from Era of Biblical Joseph Found in Egypt

memri ^

[muawiyah]

Nothing fictional there. The Koran and the Hadiths have been raked for decades and folks have a pretty good idea where the material came from. It's not like it's a secret.

Sure, there are Jewish materials involved ~ the Bible for one, and there exist Torahs that deviate from the standards originally set ~ and you can usually get a good fight going suggesting that the best known Torah in the West is, itself, one that deviates from the original.

So, whatever you want to think go ahead and think it but current research doesn't leave any room for the idea that Islam was a Jewish conspiracy.

[bobjam]

“The Biblical story of Joseph and his brothers speaks of “money” but that doesn’t necessarily mean coins. Lumps of silver could be used—they would just need to be weighed in each transaction. Archaeological evidence indicates that the first coins were minted around 600 B.C.”

Be that as it may, part of the point is that the Ancient Egyptians had moved beyond the barter system for trade.

[SunkenCiv]

So, any photos emerge yet?

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