Merneptah Stele מצבת מרנפתח
Victory monument of the Egyptian pharaoh Merneptah, about 1208 BCE. A line on it names Israel, the earliest known mention of Israel outside the Bible. It stands in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.Continue ▸
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Sources
- The book Israel NOWlej by Richard J. Koret, glossary, page 196.