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In Biblical Archaeology we were given a handout on ancient Egyptian history and there were some neat facts I have found so far that I wanted to share! Hopefully you will find them as cool as I do!!
As you are reading it might be helpful to remember that Egypt is also known as "Misraim" in the Bible.
Today Egypt is about the size of Texas and New Mexico but the population lives on about the 4% arable land, the rest is desert. However, archaeological evidence suggests that somewhere around 10,000BC some of the surrounding Sahara Desert was a green grassland and some places were even covered with forests. As a result Egypt was then inhabited by hunters and gatherers. Sometime around 9,000BC there was a huge climate change and Egypt became a desert except for along the Nile where there is water.
The first king of Egypt during Dynasty 0 may have been the Scorpion King. His name is not on any of the king lists so he could be a mythical God King, but his name has been found on a stele from Abydos. This is meager evidence but many scholars believe he was the first king of Upper Egypt, probably the king whose dynasty was conquered by Menes (of Dynasty 1) in the unification of Egypt.
In Dynasty 1 (the Archaic period) the basic forms of Egyptian art were formalized and they continued on for centuries. There were only two times when art changed and became more realistic, one was during the reigns of the three Sensuserts of Dynasty 12 and the other was during Akenatons (the heretic king) reign in Dynasty 18. Both of these dates line up very closely to the times when Joseph and Moses were in Egypt. The priest were the ones who oversaw the art so for art to change the priest would have to be influenced. Joseph married a priests daughter, and Moses was part of pharoahs household. Both positions are pretty close to the priests, and both of these Godly men were in positions of great influence.
The last treasure I will leave you with today is that the term Pharaoh originally refered to the palace of the king (meaning Big House or place of justice hall) It was not used to refer to the king until the 18th Dynasty (1552-1069BC).
Hope you enjoyed!!
As you are reading it might be helpful to remember that Egypt is also known as "Misraim" in the Bible.
Today Egypt is about the size of Texas and New Mexico but the population lives on about the 4% arable land, the rest is desert. However, archaeological evidence suggests that somewhere around 10,000BC some of the surrounding Sahara Desert was a green grassland and some places were even covered with forests. As a result Egypt was then inhabited by hunters and gatherers. Sometime around 9,000BC there was a huge climate change and Egypt became a desert except for along the Nile where there is water.
The first king of Egypt during Dynasty 0 may have been the Scorpion King. His name is not on any of the king lists so he could be a mythical God King, but his name has been found on a stele from Abydos. This is meager evidence but many scholars believe he was the first king of Upper Egypt, probably the king whose dynasty was conquered by Menes (of Dynasty 1) in the unification of Egypt.
In Dynasty 1 (the Archaic period) the basic forms of Egyptian art were formalized and they continued on for centuries. There were only two times when art changed and became more realistic, one was during the reigns of the three Sensuserts of Dynasty 12 and the other was during Akenatons (the heretic king) reign in Dynasty 18. Both of these dates line up very closely to the times when Joseph and Moses were in Egypt. The priest were the ones who oversaw the art so for art to change the priest would have to be influenced. Joseph married a priests daughter, and Moses was part of pharoahs household. Both positions are pretty close to the priests, and both of these Godly men were in positions of great influence.
The last treasure I will leave you with today is that the term Pharaoh originally refered to the palace of the king (meaning Big House or place of justice hall) It was not used to refer to the king until the 18th Dynasty (1552-1069BC).
Hope you enjoyed!!
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