Merneptah
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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
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
There’s more: Merneptah was the son of Ramesses II, whom the Greeks called Ozymandias.
From Slate • Dec. 15, 2019
The stele itself, dated to 1207 B.C., celebrates a military victory by the Pharaoh Merneptah.
From Time Magazine Archive
The one contemporary reference to Israel thus far found in the Egyptian inscriptions comes from the reign of Merneptah the son of Ramses II.
From The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History by Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple
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