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Akhenaten plaster bust on the left and Smenkhkare plaster bust on the right of the funerary mask of Tutankhamun. Berlin’s Neues Museum. Behind is the sunrise near Amarna, Egypt. (Image: Courtesy Jonathon Perrin) — 24 Apr 2023

The Tut Is Not My Son!

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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It could be quite the talk show: Who is King Tut’s real father? The host would be handed an envelope with the paternity test results. The audience hushes, clutching their seats, biting their nails. Who could be the dad? Was it rebel bad boy...
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Akhenaten plaster bust on the left and Smenkhkare plaster bust on the right of the funerary mask of Tutankhamun. Berlin’s Neues Museum. Behind is the sunrise near Amarna, Egypt. (Image: Courtesy Jonathon Perrin) — 24 Apr 2023

The Tut Is Not My Son!

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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It could be quite the talk show: Who is King Tut’s real father? The host would be handed an envelope with the paternity test results. The audience hushes, clutching their seats, biting their nails. Who could be the dad? Was it rebel bad boy...
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Fusion of elements: 1) the central city of Amarna, looking east (photo by author), a statue of Akhenaten, with the famous Minoan fresco from the Knossos Palace, “Ladies in Blue”, circa 1500 BC. (Public Domain) — 27 Feb 2023

Fair Winds Trade From the Aegean to Egypt’s Amarna

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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What do Queen Nefertari’s silver earrings, King Tutankhamun’s olive leaf collar, and an exquisite blue glass mixing vessel from Egypt have in common? They were all either a direct product of trade with the Aegean region, or inspired by its...
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Fusion of elements: 1) the central city of Amarna, looking east (photo by author), a statue of Akhenaten, with the famous Minoan fresco from the Knossos Palace, “Ladies in Blue”, circa 1500 BC. (Public Domain) — 27 Feb 2023

Fair Winds Trade From the Aegean to Egypt’s Amarna

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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What do Queen Nefertari’s silver earrings, King Tutankhamun’s olive leaf collar, and an exquisite blue glass mixing vessel from Egypt have in common? They were all either a direct product of trade with the Aegean region, or inspired by its...
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Depiction of parchment of Akhenaten and Nefertiti and their children with Aten shining on them as found on the Stela of Akhenaten and his family, Egyptian Museum, Cairo (ppicasso / Adobe Stock) — 14 Dec 2022

Akhenaten And Nefertiti: Egypt’s Golden Couple

By John and Collee...

Archaeology & Science

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The drivers arrange the chariots of the royal entourage—two to one side, two to the other side, of the royal chariot, which is distinguished by the great ostrich plumes of its span of stallions. While the horses neigh, the accompanying bodyguard,...
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Depiction of parchment of Akhenaten and Nefertiti and their children with Aten shining on them as found on the Stela of Akhenaten and his family, Egyptian Museum, Cairo (ppicasso / Adobe Stock) — 14 Dec 2022

Akhenaten And Nefertiti: Egypt’s Golden Couple

By John and Collee...

Archaeology & Science

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The drivers arrange the chariots of the royal entourage—two to one side, two to the other side, of the royal chariot, which is distinguished by the great ostrich plumes of its span of stallions. While the horses neigh, the accompanying bodyguard,...
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From King Tut To The Jewish Tallit — 21 Mar 2022

From King Tut To The Jewish Tallit

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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There is perhaps no greater symbol of Judaism than the white prayer shawl, the tallit. Likewise, there is probably no greater symbol of ancient Egypt’s majesty than the golden funerary mask of the boy king Tutankhamun, found in his sealed...
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From King Tut To The Jewish Tallit — 21 Mar 2022

From King Tut To The Jewish Tallit

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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There is perhaps no greater symbol of Judaism than the white prayer shawl, the tallit. Likewise, there is probably no greater symbol of ancient Egypt’s majesty than the golden funerary mask of the boy king Tutankhamun, found in his sealed...
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Composite image of Osiris and his protective sisters Isis and Nephthys, overlain by Akhenaten’s face, all overlying the Ark and the winged cherubim, from Moses and Joshua Bowing before the Ark, gouache on board, by James Tissot, 1896-1902. Now in the Jewish Museum, New York. Author created. — 08 Nov 2021

Was the Ark Of The Covenant A Coffin – Secret Link To Osiris God Of The Dead

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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Why does the Bible refer to the Ark of the Covenant as a coffin? Was someone buried in it? Was it a symbolic coffin, or even God’s coffin? The Bible describes the Ark as a sacred chest of wood and gold, built at Moses’ direction from a heavenly...
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Composite image of Osiris and his protective sisters Isis and Nephthys, overlain by Akhenaten’s face, all overlying the Ark and the winged cherubim, from Moses and Joshua Bowing before the Ark, gouache on board, by James Tissot, 1896-1902. Now in the Jewish Museum, New York. Author created. — 08 Nov 2021

Was the Ark Of The Covenant A Coffin – Secret Link To Osiris God Of The Dead

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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Why does the Bible refer to the Ark of the Covenant as a coffin? Was someone buried in it? Was it a symbolic coffin, or even God’s coffin? The Bible describes the Ark as a sacred chest of wood and gold, built at Moses’ direction from a heavenly...
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Mosaic representing Jesus Christ at the entrance of a small Coptic church with a wooden column porch in the Christian quarter of Cairo ( peizais/ Adobe Stock) — 15 Sep 2021

The Genesis Of Modern Religions In Ancient Egypt

By Dr Edward Bruce...

Mythology & Mystery

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It is an irony of history that the three great religions of Europe and the Middle East, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, did not originate there but rather had their genesis, like the human species itself, under more southern skies. Indeed, the...
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Mosaic representing Jesus Christ at the entrance of a small Coptic church with a wooden column porch in the Christian quarter of Cairo ( peizais/ Adobe Stock) — 15 Sep 2021

The Genesis Of Modern Religions In Ancient Egypt

By Dr Edward Bruce...

Mythology & Mystery

2

It is an irony of history that the three great religions of Europe and the Middle East, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, did not originate there but rather had their genesis, like the human species itself, under more southern skies. Indeed, the...
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On The Trail Of The Mysterious Crown Prince Thutmose: Clues To A Sudden, Violent Death? – Part II — 25 Aug 2021

On The Trail Of The Mysterious Crown Prince Thutmose: Clues To A Sudden, Violent Death? – Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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READ PART IIn addition to making Crown Prince Thutmose high priest of Ptah, Amenhotep III probably prepared his intended successor in the ways of Aten worship too. This was a thread later picked up by Akhenaten, who as Prince Amenhotep IV had a...
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On The Trail Of The Mysterious Crown Prince Thutmose: Clues To A Sudden, Violent Death? – Part II — 25 Aug 2021

On The Trail Of The Mysterious Crown Prince Thutmose: Clues To A Sudden, Violent Death? – Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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READ PART IIn addition to making Crown Prince Thutmose high priest of Ptah, Amenhotep III probably prepared his intended successor in the ways of Aten worship too. This was a thread later picked up by Akhenaten, who as Prince Amenhotep IV had a...
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On The Trial Of The Mysterious Crown Prince Thutmose: The King Who Was Not To Be – Part 1 — 23 Aug 2021

On The Trail Of The Mysterious Crown Prince Thutmose: The King Who Was Not To Be – Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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Amenhotep IV, the youngest-known son of Pharaoh Nebmaatre Amenhotep III-heqa-Waset, ascended the throne at the height of Egypt’s golden age. The seeds for that efflorescent era of the Eighteenth Dynasty were sown under their great ancestor,...
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On The Trial Of The Mysterious Crown Prince Thutmose: The King Who Was Not To Be – Part 1 — 23 Aug 2021

On The Trail Of The Mysterious Crown Prince Thutmose: The King Who Was Not To Be – Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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Amenhotep IV, the youngest-known son of Pharaoh Nebmaatre Amenhotep III-heqa-Waset, ascended the throne at the height of Egypt’s golden age. The seeds for that efflorescent era of the Eighteenth Dynasty were sown under their great ancestor,...
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Akhenaten pic compliments of Jo from her trip. Osiris is a bronze/gold statue of the god, Louvre (Rama / CC BY-SA 3.0) (author created). — 19 Jul 2021

Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh: The New Osiris

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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Did Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh outlaw the God of the Dead, or become him? Akhenaten has been called ancient Egypt’s ‘Heretic Pharaoh’. From 1354-1337 BC Akhenaten so drastically altered his country’s religion, art, and mythology that his...
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Akhenaten pic compliments of Jo from her trip. Osiris is a bronze/gold statue of the god, Louvre (Rama / CC BY-SA 3.0) (author created). — 19 Jul 2021

Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh: The New Osiris

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

0

Did Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh outlaw the God of the Dead, or become him? Akhenaten has been called ancient Egypt’s ‘Heretic Pharaoh’. From 1354-1337 BC Akhenaten so drastically altered his country’s religion, art, and mythology that his...
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Radiant face of the “Shining One of the Aten”, Akh-en-Aten (author provided). — 07 May 2021

“His Face Was Radiant”: Pulling Back The Veil On The Mystery Of Moses’ Shining Face

By Jonathon Perrin

History & Tradition

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One of the Bible’s most enduring exegetical enigmas has to be the strangely shining semblance of Moses. The Book of Exodus relates how after the great Hebrew lawgiver receives the Ten Commandments from the Lord, he descends Mount Sinai, upon...
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Radiant face of the “Shining One of the Aten”, Akh-en-Aten (author provided). — 07 May 2021

“His Face Was Radiant”: Pulling Back The Veil On The Mystery Of Moses’ Shining Face

By Jonathon Perrin

History & Tradition

3

One of the Bible’s most enduring exegetical enigmas has to be the strangely shining semblance of Moses. The Book of Exodus relates how after the great Hebrew lawgiver receives the Ten Commandments from the Lord, he descends Mount Sinai, upon...
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