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...could have been built around a Syrian named Bay, who had served as Egypt's chief treasurer and ascended the throne as Ramose-khayemnetjeru. Civil war ensued, leading not only to his exile but also to that of his followers. Chancellor Bay, who flourished after Rameses II, had a tomb built in Egypt's Valley of the Kings...

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

Other assessments of Akhenaton's religion render the Aton-Adonai connection less convincing. In his new book, The Lost Tomb, Kent Weeks, the Egyptologist who in 1995 discovered the tomb of Rameses II's sons, describes Akhenaton's monotheism as full of grotesque images and semidivine, yet vaguely sexual earthbound relationships. It appears an odd ancestor to the austere religion of YHWH...

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

...lamb and paint their doorways with its blood. And that midnight, in a scene equally eerie in the Bible, live-action movie or animated cartoon, God kills the Egyptian firstborn males. A great cry goes up in Egypt. Is there archaeological evidence of this disaster? Weeks' discovery of the tomb of the sons of Rameses II at first led to much excitement. Could it provide evidence of the final plague? Weeks says there is no way to know whether one of the sons in the tomb was Pharaoh's firstborn...

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

IDENTIFIED. MICHAEL J. BLASSIE, 1st lieutenant shot down over Vietnam, whose remains had been interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for 14 years; by the Pentagon, with the aid of DNA testing; in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jul. 13, 1998 | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...heroes by beating the Great Satan II. Says Khodadad Azizi, one of Iran's top players: "The U.S.A. mistreated our country. In the war they supported our enemy, Iraq. That's why a victory against the U.S.A. will be a special victory." Iran's team prayed at the tomb of Ayatullah Khomeini before flying off to France. The U.S. sees Iran as a must-win--not for a political victory, but because the Iranians are the weakest team in the group. Each victory is worth three points; four points is the likely minimum to advance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Melting-Pot Team | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

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