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Akhenaten the Heretic

Amenhotep III’s reign was, as has been noted, the absolute high point of Egyptian history; but if there is one thing history has taught us, it’s that golden ages never last. And so it was with... Read more

The Richest Man in History

King Solomon was rich beyond imagination, relative to civilizations of the time. And one of his main sources of wealth was the fabulous gold mines of Ophir; general consensus places it in Africa.... Read more

Thutmose III and Shishak

The 18th Dynasty presents extreme challenges to Biblical scholars, because if understood as historians do, it makes the Bible flatly impossible. The weird thing is that even if the dates are adjusted... Read more

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

After Kamose and then Ahmose chased out the Hyksos in the time of Saul, his son Amenhotep I ruled for 21 years which we date to ‑1075‑1054. Since he seems to have had no sons, he chose... Read more

Judges to Kings

No age is given for Joshua at the entry to the Promised Land, but since he was a fellow spy, it stands to reason he was of similar age as Caleb; he was definitely over 20 at the time of spying, since... Read more

Joshua and Jericho

Having determined the historical context surrounding Israel from ‑1500 to ‑1000, we are now finally ready to tell the story of the same period from a Biblical perspective. We left Moses... Read more

Hyksos and the Amalekites

From Genesis 12 until the book of Joshua, Egypt figures prominently in the Bible’s story (mentioned 268 times by name). From then until the time of David, present-tense references to Egypt or... Read more

Aftermath of the Exodus

The ten plagues in Egypt were the archetypal example of God’s wrath. I’d like you to imagine a country that relies on farming and agriculture going through these plagues, and think about what... Read more

The Rising of Sothis

Before we continue with Egyptian history, we need to pause to inspect the foundations of traditional history. So far we’ve strictly avoided correcting Egyptian chronology directly, merely aligning... Read more

Assyria and the Mitanni

To tell the next story, we need to know the Mitanni. But to tell their story, we need to back up to the time of Abraham and introduce a culture we have not yet discussed – the Hurrians.... Read more

Old Assyria

We have said that the Assyrian nation, at least as it existed in the time of Moses, was descended from Abraham, via his grandson Dedan: “And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and... Read more

The Captivity of Bel-Marduk

Ancient cultures took their idols very seriously. They believed that God literally dwelt in their idol, and so the idol was treated in every way as if it was the god itself; it was treated as a... Read more