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Seti, Sesostris and Such

Posted By: Charles Pope
Date: Thursday, 12 December 2002, at 9:31 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Hold on, Espere un momento (Oscar Calle)

Oscar and el-REB,

1) Excellent web page about the Year 1 campaign of Seti against the Shasu.

2) The association of Amenophis with Seti I is logical and does fit with Ahmed Osman's timing for the Exodus. However, I place the Exodus in Year 17 of Akhenaten. Ramses was already a pharaoh. Seti was not yet a pharaoh when Akhenaten was deposed, however he would have been very shortly thereafter. About one year after abdicating, Akhentaten led the death march of diseased people. Seti was likely a pharaoh by then. I am working on a chart that shows these relationships more clearly.

3) The marriage scarab of Amenhotep III would seem to establish the parentage of Tiye as Yuya and Tuya, however you never know with this family. I am also working on genealogical charts for Dynasties 18-26, however I find this to be extremely frustrating. Even when there is a positive association between Biblical and historical figures, it is often still not possible to establish the true family relationships. But, perhaps this is not necessary to arrive at a satisfactory identification.

To answer el-REB's querry about Sesostris: the original legend is based on the "world conquering" Senusret I and his grandson Senusret III. However, Ramses is considered the "Sesostris" of the 19th Dynasty. Thutmose III was the "Sesostris" of the 18th Dynasty. According to Herodotus, the Scythians were defeated by treachery when Cyrus invited their leaders to a banquet, got them all drunk and then murdered them. Don't know how much credence that archaeologists ascribe to this.

-Charles

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