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This book is a re-examination of biblical and Egyptian history that provides dramatic evidence that the Prophet Moses, of the Old Testament, was the revolutionary Pharaoh of Egypt, Akhenaten. How was it that the Pharaoh Akhenaten abolished the ancient Egyptian religious system, with its many deities represented by fetish or animal shapes, and replaced the old gods with a single god, the Aten, who had no image or form – a universal god. Sigmund Freud was the first to argue that there is a similarity between the religions of Moses and Akhenaten, and that in fact Moses was an Egyptian. In this book the author develops the argument a stage further by using archaeological and historical evidence to develop the thesis. The author contends that Akhenaten/Moses ruled for 17 years; angered many of his subjects by trying to foist a new religion on them; was forced to abdicate; retreated to Sinai with his Israelite relatives and a few Egyptian supporters; was replaced as Pharaoh by his descendents; failed to regain the throne from his former vizier Ramses I; and died in Sinai. From the author of “Stranger in the Valley of the Kings”.

Reviews:

• This book has to be a must for all those interested in Egyptian history. Ahmed Osman has researched his subject extensively and has backed up his research with facts. This book also delves into the life of the biblical Joseph and his prodigy, what happened to them and what place they held in Egyptian society after his death.

• Since reading House of the Messiah by the same author I developed an abiding interest in the history of 18th dynasty Egypt and sought after more knowledge of the period and its important characters, as well as of the parts some of them played in influencing the history of the period. This book was a further revelation and rather enlightening. It throws a new light on the story of Moses’ birth and background as told in the bible, in which it was so interesting to observe on review that the writers of the biblical account were ever so careful to avoid any mentioning of Moses’ father. Why, we may well ask? Why was it necessary to conceal this information? Surely, he must have had a father! Who was to benefit from all this elaborate intrigue? And why was it that the searching out and killing of the male Habiru children seemed to have come to such an abrupt end -suddenly called off, if you like. As soon as Moses had been fished from the water the campaign suddenly ceased. It would appear that it was Moses that they were really after. And how can the Pharaoh not learn that his daughter had fished a Habiru child from the water? It would seem that there is need for much further researching and reviewing of some of the biblical stories that have been handed down to us and of who wrote them. Some things really do not appear to add up.