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3,000-year-old sword with Biblical origins is discovered in Egypt
Daily Mail UK ^ | Friday, September 20th 2024 | Stacy Liberatore

Posted on 09/20/2024 10:17:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

The bronze blade, thought to be around 3,000 years old, has the markings of Ramesses II, hailed as the most powerful king of ancient Egypt...

The sword was uncovered among the ruins of an ancient military fort in Housh Eissa, a city just south of Alexandria, which featured barracks for soldiers and storage rooms for food, weapons and other goods...

The ancient sword likely did not belong to the famous king, but likely to one of his soldiers stationed at the fort, experts said.

Elizabeth Frood, an Oxford University Egyptologist who was not involved in the dig, told The Washington Post: 'An object to bear the cartouches of Rameses II would suggest to me that it belonged to someone of relatively high rank.

'To be able to display such an object, even though it would have been presumably in a scabbard, was a marker of status and prestige.'

The sword was uncovered at a site called Tell Al-Abqain, which experts said was 'a crucial military outpost.'

...Archaeologists with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities also discovered a treasure trove of ancient wonders, including jewelry, scarabs and protective amulets.

'In addition to the barracks, numerous artifacts and personal items belonging to soldiers were unearthed,' the tourism ministry added...

A pair of limestone blocks were also uncovered, one inscribed with the titles of King Ramses II and the other belonging to an official named 'Bay.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: 19thdynasty; 26thdynasty; archaeology; catastrophism; godsgravesglyphs; notbiblicalorigins
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To: Red Badger

:^)


21 posted on 09/20/2024 7:42:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: MtnClimber

Sounds great!


22 posted on 09/20/2024 7:43:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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