A twofer, but this has nothing to do with the Exodus.
One of *those* topics.
Posted on 08/20/2026 2:22:50 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered new evidence that could help pinpoint a long-lost ancient city along a military route, with possible ties to the biblical Exodus.
The discovery was announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on August 15.
The excavation centered on Tell Abu Seifi, an ancient fortified site in northeastern Egypt near the Sinai Peninsula that archaeologists believe may be the long-lost city of Mesen.
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Well, that is certainly serendipitous for them. š
Them archeologists ain’t Mesen around.
I often wonder how ya lose thes cities in the first place. The slow drift of Time can do a lotā¦
Interesting. Mark for later reading.
A twofer, but this has nothing to do with the Exodus.
One of *those* topics.
The new book by Dinesh D’Souza, “The Stones Cry Out”, should be good. Not released yet, AFAIK.
If there’s a may there’s a may not.
It’s becoming more and more clear to me that it was Amenhotep II, 18th Dynasty approx. 1448 BC.
Queen Hatshepsut was the woman who pulled Moses from the water and he became prominent in Egypt as Senenmut. If true then he designed deir el-bahri or some part of it.
They carried the bones of Joseph out of Egypt. There is an ‘asiatic statue’ in a tomb at Tell el-Dabāa, Avaris that is very interesting to consider.
“And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had strictly sworn the children of Israel, saying, āGod will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.ā - Exodus 13:19
Given the sheer volume of writing the ancient Egyptians produced and the nature of the Moses story, if true, there must have been significant amounts of writing by many Egyptians referencing it at the time. Enough that later attempts to erase the story missed things which might turn up now. With papyrus from 1000 years earlier found detailing construction of the great pyramid, itās not inconceivable the secret laments of a priestly contemporary of Moses over the biblical failures of his pantheon could turn up. But G*dās style appears to be more subtle, keep encouraging, but leave just enough doubt to require a step of faith to reach his side.
I traveled from Port Said to Cairo on a bus years ago and would’ve passed right by Tell Abu Seifi, which is why I’m commenting here. Now just wondering aloud about the true Exodus route. I didn’t mean to derail from the OP.
Archaeologists and researchers have missed out on great discoveries sometimes due to fearing biblical connections. They don’t want to be ‘discredited’ among their academic peers as being seen as particularly oriented in that direction with their scholarly works.
I concluded this timeline long ago after doing a careful study of the Exodus and the history to Babylon, from the Books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel and with the precise timing of the Seventy Weeks prophecy given by Gabriel and overlaying the accounting of years above and separate from the Torah and Leviticus requirements for greater Israel after certain conditions were met or not kept.
Then all the way down to the arrival of Jesus. They all interconnect and interweave seamlessly and provide indications of what is missing and still unaccounted. Along with further presenting the why of it all.
This is not required to be understood or even believed to be saved, rather something for those wanting to search out a matter, to know and to be amazed at the work being attended too.
For me it is because of Psalm 90, the only Psalm Moses wrote.
I've long felt Akhenaten's monotheism couldn't have arrived out of nothing. Which those pushing Ramses for the Exodus implied. But if Exodus events by monotheists happened during his great-grandfather's reign and the descendants of those who left were taking over Egyptian client cities during his and his father's reign, Akhenaten's switch to an Egyptified version of monotheism is more understandable.
Source says connection is an inscription to Ramses the Great and cite him as the Pharoah of the Exodus.
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Egyptian dating is based on various kings lists - some are ‘modern’ forgeries, but are accepted as genuine by the “authorities”. Many others omit known kings, while others have unknown kings. In short, dating is a mess.
Just to make matters worse, the common practice was to chip off the name of a previous king on a monument and replace it with the current king’s name. The last king name to go up is accorded the builder/maker by present-day Egyptologists.
As far as modern scientific dating goes, if the test cannot be done in Egypt [ lack of funds, expertise, etc ], then the test method is banned.
Essentially, the history and timeline of Ancient Egypt has not changed since Herodotus in the 5th century BC. The Bureau of Antiquities divides Egypt up by country - the Germans get this area, the Brits get that, etc. while local Egyptians get free run of the country, can poke their noses in anyone’s dig, and take credit for any important finds.
Over all of that, sits Zahi Hawass and his pal Mark Lehner who decide what is released to the public, and who can enter which locked monument gate, which monument can be studied by who with what methods.
Despite the calm views we see on TV, the whole thing is a cut throat and bloody business. Hawass has been accused of looting unopened sites and deliberately & letting unauthorized people die to preserve secrets the public is not ready to see.
More than one site had been excavated without any fanfare, notice, or papers published. Some papers written, but not published go back 50 years or more. Many, many papers written in German or French have never been translated. These locked sites have locked gates opened only for the ‘right’ person with the right amount of money.
When you see a site being excavated, note where the spoils go. The local labor gets paid for removing the spoils at the current site, those spoils, more often then not, go over an unexcavated site, so they can get paid again for removing them whenever permission is granted to excavate.
So you see its not all that simple or clean cut. We only get to see what the authorities will allow us to see, and all else is behind locked gates. Hidden to preserve the familiar Egyptian history as is and the essential tourist income that is the country’s biggest money maker. No one wants to tinker with the golden goose.
Yes, dating is a mess. There also is the problem that some kings coexisted, each only ruling part of Egypt. How you put the pieces together stretches or shrinks the timeline. There are extremely rare events recorded in Egyptian or other histories which can be benchmarked astronomically. And there are events likely shared in reports from separate timelines of contemporary nations. Properly interpreted they provide some benchmarks. The Bible, IF accepted as history offers many potential comparisons. But its timelines are also disputed by some. And many anti-theists and islamists prefer to discredit it in bulk rather than allow any discovery to support it. Latter effect clearly combines with modern Egyptian graft to corrupt archeology there. Limited only by not killing the golden goose of tourism.
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