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I read the first page where Naomi is introduced as Hebrew and immediately got a bad taste in my mouth. I've read Egyptology since I was 5 (that would be 50 years) and hated, hated, hated the version of Egypt that was presented! The author couldn't be bothered to used the real name of Ahkenaten's city (Akhetaten) and just called it Amarna. And sacrificing virgins to Bast??? Heck no! Virginity had no particular significance to the ancient Egyptians! It wasn't important to them! Gaaaaah! I could just tell that this was shaping into some kind of religious book pre-figuring Moses or a messiah or something! Besides, Kiya was a secondary wife, probably a princess from another country. She died giving birth to Tutankhamen and the household wept. The wall painting has survived. If you wanted a Hebrew family member, that would have been Queen Tiy. She has been identified genetically as being of semitic descent (and she had red hair).
November 2015 · Unknown · verified purchase