FIRSTBORN KILLED IN TENTH PLAGUE
The well-preserved mummy proven to be of Crown Prince Djhutmose ‘B’, the firstborn son of Amenhotep III, and who evidently died from unknown causes as a teenager. This mummy has been found in the same tomb as Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, and with other linking evidence described in Chapter 4 of the book "Amarna and the Biblical Exodus".
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A detailed unwrapping of Amenhotep III's mummy is described in the 1912 book "The Royal Mummies" by Grafton Smith; "Among the lumps of resin-impregnated linen inside the body cavity were found the leg bone of a fowl and another bird’s limb bone, a human great toe, and a [human] left ulnar and radius" A unique embalming process with a type of resin was used for the mummy ... the embalmers had unusually packed the skin of the deceased king with a new resinous material, and the body seems ‘bloated’ according to another professional examiner. His body also had a broken rib and bones, leg and head severed from the body... bits of pebble are wrapped into his body, and buried with a half-ruined hub of a royal chariot (see below). See Chapter 4 of the book "Amarna and the Biblical Exodus" for more detail and photographs. Thousands of Egyptian gods were discredited by something that happened; Akhenaten refers to this. He evidently had a religious crisis to deal with... some kind of encounter or event that circumstantially matches the features of the Exodus and the preceding Plagues. The Egyptians gave most of their gold to the Hebrews as they left Egypt in the Exodus (Ex 12:36). Hence there was a severe shortage of gold for some years thereafter, and there is much evidence of this; the Hebrews or Israelites are documented as having enough gold to make a golden calf in the desert, and later to line a huge temple in Jerusalem with enough gold that when it was sacked in 70CE it de-valued gold by 50% on the Syrian gold exchange (see Josephus, 'Antiquities of the Jews'). Also, many of the Amarna Letters complain bitterly about the lack of gold which had been promised by Egypt but which was either totally lacking or greatly downgraded when it arrived. Previously the necklaces would often be made with 24-carat gold and other precious materials.
Almost half of the 382 ancient 'Amarna Letters', evidently written at the time of the Exodus, are desperate pleas by the vassal rulers in Canaan for the expected Egyptian Army to show up... but it never does! This continues throughout the 16-year 'Amarna Period' of Akhenaten's reign, as though the army is actually missing as the Torah says, drowned in the Red Sea. Supporting this, there is a marked lack of reliefs depicting Egypts military in this period, as well as a total lack of military horses. Akhenaten is commonly thought of now as a 'pacifist', but that doesnt fit all the facts. Many top Egyptlogists now refer to a 'theophany' or similar major event or phenomenon that he reacted to with his massive religious and governmental changes.
The letters can be seen in museums including the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin; 99 are at the British Museum in London; about 50 are at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo; 7 at the Louvre in Paris; 3 at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow; and 1 in the collection of the Oriental Institute in Chicago. English translations are available, especially by Moran 'The Amarna Letters'. Early in his reign, Akhenaten was so disgusted by Amun that he arranged for the entire populace to delete all reference to the god 'Amun' and replace it with 'Aten' as the sole powerful god. More than that, the names of most gods were destroyed wherever they were displayed, and even the plural word 'gods' (neter) was banned! The desecration can be seen in museums including the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. For centuries the accepted iconography for the god Aten was a falcon-headed human, but quite suddenly near the start of Akhenaten's reign he changed it to a unique display of an active sun-disk with radiant rays featuring power-laden hands at their ends, as if demonstrating that here was a real god who could take action, unlike the many now discredited gods. There is no record of any dissension related to this, or rebellion, at the time. It must have been a major publicly-known event that generated this response.
Buried alongside Amenhotep III was this smashed hub of a royal chariot. Unlike some other kings who had complete royal chariots buried with them (Tut had 6 buried with him!), this seems to be part of the ignominy and shame of Amenhotep III if he was the one who led and lost the entire Egyptian army in the Exodus. This hub can be seen in the Ashmolean museum. One of several Boundary Stelae at 'Amarna' has the cryptic phrase, apparently explaining the motivation behind building the new city; "and effecting the expulsion of some of the people with the army in its entire...". This translation is from 'The Amarna Boundary Stelae' by John Johnson, Wigan Egyptology Society.
'AMARNA AND THE BIBLICAL EXODUS' - 190-PAGE BOOK
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PEBBLES FOUND IN AMENHOTEP MUMMY
THOUSANDS OF GODS DISCREDITED
GOLD-LESS NECKLACES IN THE AMARNA PERIOD - WHY?
This faience-bead 'broad collar' necklace is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From the 18th Dynasty, Akhenaten, Amarna. Others from this period are similar.
HUNDREDS OF THE AMARNA LETTERS REVEAL THE EXODUS
AKHENATEN CHANGED ALL 'AMUN' NAMES TO 'ATEN' - WHY?
THE GOD ICONOGRAPHY WAS SUDDENLY CHANGED - WHY?
PHAROAHS MANGLED CHARIOT
AMARNA STELA GIVES A CLUE
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