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...Pharaoh, traditionally assigned the identity of Rameses II (reign: 1279-1213 B.C.), was threatened by a growing Israelite population. And so the Egyptians "made life bitter for them with harsh labor at mortar and bricks." When they continued to multiply, he ordered all newborn males thrown into the Nile. Moses' mother kept him hidden for three months and then set him adrift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Moses | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...Mesopotamian King who ruled in the millennium before Moses, reads, "My priestly mother conceived me, in secret she bore me. She set me in a basket of rushes, with bitumen she sealed my lid." There is also the Egyptian legend of the god Horus, who is hidden in the Nile delta by his mother Isis to protect him from the wrath of his uncle Seth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Moses | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...conversations in his spacious salon overlooking the Nile, Abdul Koddus stresses the Brotherhood's desire to adopt the best of Western values. "I ask for political freedom for everybody," he says, rejecting the goal of militant groups to establish an Islamic dictatorship. Yet he believes that British author Salman Rushdie should be put on trial for blasphemy, and he refuses to condemn Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, convicted on terrorism charges in New York City. And there can be no peace with Israel, he adds, so long as the Jewish state occupies Jerusalem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fundamentalism: God's Country | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...Starr is nonpartisan, I am the Queen of the Nile. He's on a mission. To him it is irrelevant that the economy is healthy and the majority of Americans are happy with the job performance of their elected President. Starr is acting like Captain Ahab. He should pick up his harpoon and head out to sea. Enough already! I voted for a President, not a husband. CAROL FAUBERT Alpharetta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 2, 1998 | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...MONDAY: Tourists Slaughtered at Temple Death on the Nile threatens Egypt's tourist trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

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