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To: SunkenCiv; Fred Nerks

Do either of you know if this “Way of Horus” is AKA either “the Way of the Philistines” or the “Way of Shur” on Biblical maps?


18 posted on 04/26/2009 10:24:47 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch ("Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss." Heinlein)
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To: ApplegateRanch

no, I do not, sorry.


19 posted on 04/26/2009 11:00:41 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: ApplegateRanch

The Way of Horus was the path used by pharaonic armies moving to and from Canaan, Philistia, Israel, etc, as well as points east. Generally the Way of Horus is attributed to 18th dynasty (New Kingdom) pharaohs and those subsequent, but it may have been around long before that. It is described (in its then-current form) by Herodotus.

The Way of Shur led to the Hyksos capital of Avaris. The Way of the Philistines I’m not sure about, may have been the same route/road.


21 posted on 04/27/2009 11:40:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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