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Store  EXODUS - The Pretender to the Throne of Pharaoh  Fareeda
Ahmad - UK The Review of Religions, October 1996   One of the
most elusive historical figures to exist today is the Exodus
pharaoh, the cruel tyrannical figure who enslaved the Israelites
during their sojourn in Egypt. Of him it can justifiably be
said, 'they seek him here they seek him there, the
archaeologists seek him everywhere'. To be strictly fair, it is
a vacancy that has only recently cropped up. The Pharaoh had
been identified, wrapped up (quite literally) and presented to
the world in the last century as Ramesses the Great, son of Seti
the first, of the 19th Dynasty. The minds of Biblical
archaeologists having now been swayed due to factors I will
explain shortly, a considerable gap has been left in Biblical
History and a series of Pretenders to the Throne have been
bought forward for public acclaim, each with