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Merneptah

American  
[mer-nep-tah, mer-nep-tah] / ˈmɛr nɛpˌtɑ, mərˈnɛp tɑ /

noun

  1. king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).


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The Merneptah Stele was found right across the Nile from Karnak, the Egyptian temple complex that Adrian Veidt named his Antarctic retreat after.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2019

This is an excerpt from the inscription on the Merneptah Stele, dating from 1208 B.C., the only surviving textual reference to Israel from ancient Egypt.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2019

There’s more: Merneptah was the son of Ramesses II, whom the Greeks called Ozymandias.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2019

There had been nothing like it in that part of the world for 31 centuries�since the Pharaoh Merneptah, in 1221 B.C., sent his archers out to stop an invasion by the Libyans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Breasted also seems to think that the Israelites defeated by Merneptah had no direct connection with those who suffered in Egypt, A History of Egypt, p.

From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Eiselen, Frederick Carl

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