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For me it is #7 An unknown Egyptian city

It is Mind blowing that an entire city could be suddenly evacuated to indulge the grandiose ambitions of a Pharaoh close in time to the stubborn one mentioned in Exodus. He wan’t just oppressing foreigners into slavery but his own people. It would be interesting to learn whether the details of daily Life in Egypt lends more insight into the early Old Testament stories.

“Archaeologists announced the discovery of a previously unknown city on the west bank of the Nile near Luxor. Believed to be one of the largest Egyptian cities ever unearthed, it dates to the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. This pharaoh was the grandfather of Tutankhamun but, more importantly perhaps, the grandson of Amenhotep II, believed by many evangelical scholars to be the pharaoh of the Exodus.

The city appears to have been suddenly abandoned. The inhabitants may have been driven out of their homes when Amenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten, rounded up workers to build him a completely new capital city in central Egypt. What remains today may reveal many details of daily life in Egypt around the time of Moses.”[/quote]

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