This avoids the problem of focusing on someone’s theory, when the theory does not really square with what the Bible is saying in the first place. Then taking what the Bible does say at face value, go out and see if the evidence supports it or not. The approach of our investigation is to try to ignore academic and religious traditions as much as possible. Part of the dating problem is that the Bible never identifies the pharaoh of the Exodus by name, so dozens of candidates have been proposed based on many different factors of varying validity. Yul Brynner playing Rameses II in The Ten Commandments (1956, Paramount Pictures), from Wikimedia Commons Because if you look for Exodus evidence in the wrong time period, you won’t find any.
Today we will zero in on the second of these two problems. But putting that point aside, two of the main reasons that so little Exodus evidence has been found (or recognized) are that people are looking in the wrong places and they are looking in the wrong time periods. Skeptics like to ask, “If the Exodus actually happened, why the lack of evidence?” Curiously, they don’t accept the historical account in the Bible as evidence, while they do accept the ancient writings from other cultures. The previous posts were needed to lay the groundwork for today’s topic that gets to the heart of the matter. This was not meant to set that date in stone but to give a general frame of reference for the investigation into the historical event of the Exodus. His name was mentioned on every temple, colossal statues and monuments were made in his era.The last two blog postings have laid out a biblical case for dating the Exodus some time around 1446 BC. He built Abu Simbel Temples which acted as the back gate & the final frontier of the Egyptian kingdom from the deep southern border that contains two temples the bigger one for him decorated with his battle victories and achievements while the smaller one was for his wife Nefertari. He desired to immortalize his legacy by building his own temples the largest temple was found in the west bank of the river which is the Ramesseum temple that shows his campaigns to Nubia and his the great achievements but unfortunately, it was devoured by time and what remains is but small insignificant remains. he is also known as a Great builder, during his reign, he constructed many temples and rebuild & enlarged many of his ancestor's buildings such as Amenhotep III Temple in Luxor, which holds the hall of columns in Karnak Temple and many more. He constructed a new city in the Nile River delta called Per Ramess to be his home while being at war with the Hittites, Ramses is considered to be the second-longest ruling king to in the history of Egypt for 67 years after the 6 th dynasty pharaoh Pepi II who lasted for 90 years. Statues of King Ramses II at Luxor Temple - Egypt Tours Portal What Are the Best Works of King Ramses II? No one won in this battle but both sides claimed victory which made both sides created the first documented peace treaty in history. The battle is known to be the best-documented battle on all of ancient history.
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He led his army which reached to 100,000 men during his era to many campaigns to Nubia and Levant to expand his empire and to rebuild the glory of the Egyptian empire through taking control of many cities in the Levant plus he warns the Hittites about their unwise hostile actions toward Egypt Which started the battle of Kadesh in 1274 BC between Ramses II and the Hittites in the city of Kadesh which became one of the oldest battles in ancient Egyptian history. When Did Ramses II Get the Throne of Egypt?Īfter the death of his father, Ramses took the thrones of Egypt in 1279 B.C at the age of 25 years old and his reign lasted for 66 years until 1213 BC, he was a brilliant military leader who protected his empire against various enemies like Hittites, Libyans, Syrians, and Nubians.