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For the city of Rameses, different locations were suggested by different scholars, most certain Avarice (during the time of the patriarchs) later know as Tanis, the biblical Zoan, today is the modern city of San el-Hagar.
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The early part of Ramses reign was focused on building cities, temples and monuments. He established the city of Pi-Ramesses in the Nile Delta as his new capital and main base for his campaigns in Syria. This city was built on the remains of the city of Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos when they took over, and was the location of the main Temple of Set.
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TANIS, is identified with AVARIS, capital of the Hyskos' kings who had invaded and settled in Egypt from 1730 to 1580 BC, "In the Land of Egypt, the country of Zoan" (Psalms 78:12-43). After the expulsion of the Hyskos hordes by Ahmois 1 (1580-1558 BC), TANIS was completely destroyed. However Rameses II (1301-1235 BC) rebuilt it completely and made it his main residence with the name "House of Rameses".
As slaves under the Pharaoh's taskmasters of Egypt the Hebrew people were forced with other enslaved peoples to build the cities of Pithom, and Raameses. Rameses II, was the Pharaoh who inflicted hard labor on the Israelites. "Then a new King ascended the thrones of Egypt This is how Pharaoh's store cities of Pithom and Rameses were built they treated their Israelite slaves with ruthless severity, and made life bitter for them with cruel servitude" (Exodus 1: 6-14).
The site of the city of Rameses, in all possibilities was probably the modern Egyptian town of San el-Hagar, known in the Hyskos period at the time of the patriarchs as Avarice and later as TANIS, the biblical Zoan. Archaeological evidence attested by statues and architectural remains bearing the cartouches of Pharoah Rameses II gives the required proof to the building of the city under his rule. Either Rameses II or his successor Mernepath (1225-12270) was the Pharoah of the Exodus, probably the former. A stele of Mernepath found at the site of the remains of the city of Tanis makes the first non-biblical allusion to the Children of Israel.
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The search for the Exodus has been toponymic in nature, related to the names of geographical locations mentioned in the Bible, such as the area of Goshen and the store-cities of Ramses and Pithom. When Eduard Henri Naville arrived at Tell el-Maskhita in the eastern Delta in the winter of 1883, he was looking for the store-city of Pithom. Six months later, Naville confirmed to the first annual meeting of the Egypt Exploration Fund in London that this location in the Wadi Tumilat was in fact the store-city of Pithom built by Ramses II. Naville then proceeded to show that the biblical word Goshen is equivalent to Egyptian Gesem, which is the name of the area of Faqus in the eastern Delta. Having found Pithom and Goshen, the next step was to try and locate the city of Ramses, where the Exodus is believed to have started. Looking for Ramses, however, proved to be more elusive. Different locations were suggested by different scholars for that city—from Tanis, modern San el-Hagar at the bottom of Lake Manzalah at the start of this century, to Tell-el Dabaa Qantir in the eastern Delta at the present time.
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According with "en.wikipedia.org"
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The early part of Ramses reign was focused on building cities, temples and monuments. He established the city of Pi-Ramesses in the Nile Delta as his new capital and main base for his campaigns in Syria. This city was built on the remains of the city of Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos when they took over, and was the location of the main Temple of Set.
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According with "www.helium.com"
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TANIS, is identified with AVARIS, capital of the Hyskos' kings who had invaded and settled in Egypt from 1730 to 1580 BC, "In the Land of Egypt, the country of Zoan" (Psalms 78:12-43). After the expulsion of the Hyskos hordes by Ahmois 1 (1580-1558 BC), TANIS was completely destroyed. However Rameses II (1301-1235 BC) rebuilt it completely and made it his main residence with the name "House of Rameses".
As slaves under the Pharaoh's taskmasters of Egypt the Hebrew people were forced with other enslaved peoples to build the cities of Pithom, and Raameses. Rameses II, was the Pharaoh who inflicted hard labor on the Israelites. "Then a new King ascended the thrones of Egypt This is how Pharaoh's store cities of Pithom and Rameses were built they treated their Israelite slaves with ruthless severity, and made life bitter for them with cruel servitude" (Exodus 1: 6-14).
The site of the city of Rameses, in all possibilities was probably the modern Egyptian town of San el-Hagar, known in the Hyskos period at the time of the patriarchs as Avarice and later as TANIS, the biblical Zoan. Archaeological evidence attested by statues and architectural remains bearing the cartouches of Pharoah Rameses II gives the required proof to the building of the city under his rule. Either Rameses II or his successor Mernepath (1225-12270) was the Pharoah of the Exodus, probably the former. A stele of Mernepath found at the site of the remains of the city of Tanis makes the first non-biblical allusion to the Children of Israel.
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According with "www.dwij.org"
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The search for the Exodus has been toponymic in nature, related to the names of geographical locations mentioned in the Bible, such as the area of Goshen and the store-cities of Ramses and Pithom. When Eduard Henri Naville arrived at Tell el-Maskhita in the eastern Delta in the winter of 1883, he was looking for the store-city of Pithom. Six months later, Naville confirmed to the first annual meeting of the Egypt Exploration Fund in London that this location in the Wadi Tumilat was in fact the store-city of Pithom built by Ramses II. Naville then proceeded to show that the biblical word Goshen is equivalent to Egyptian Gesem, which is the name of the area of Faqus in the eastern Delta. Having found Pithom and Goshen, the next step was to try and locate the city of Ramses, where the Exodus is believed to have started. Looking for Ramses, however, proved to be more elusive. Different locations were suggested by different scholars for that city—from Tanis, modern San el-Hagar at the bottom of Lake Manzalah at the start of this century, to Tell-el Dabaa Qantir in the eastern Delta at the present time.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II
http://www.helium.com/items/880576-ancient-tanis-egypts-city-of-rameses
http://www.dwij.org/forum/amarna/1_exodus.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II
http://www.helium.com/items/880576-ancient-tanis-egypts-city-of-rameses
http://www.dwij.org/forum/amarna/1_exodus.html
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