The face of a mystery ruler revealed: Smashed head from a 4,300-year-old statue shows unknown Egyptian pharaoh Sculpture has key markers of royalty, such as cobra on forehead, and short 'wig' While experts suspect it's from 5th Dynasty, it's a mystery who the Pharaoh was They also say the sculpture was deliberately destroyed in Hazor, northern Israel
Mena: The sculpture of the head of the Egyptian Pharaoh discovered in the city of Hazor in Israel is very beautiful. The head look almost realist and the wig with the serpent in the middle is marvelous. Pharaoh Tuthmosis III conquered Israel durng the time of the New Kingdom. for two thousand years during the New Kingdom Israel was an Egyptian colony. Ancient Egypt greatly influenced the government, culture and religion of Ancient Israel. Many prophets and Gods in the Bible are really Egyptian Pharaohs, Priests and Gods. There is a theory among historian that the Jewish prophet Moses was actually the exiled Pharaoh Akhenaton.
Book like Charles Finch Echos of an Old Dark Land. John G Jackson Christianity Before Christ and Moustafa Gadalla Christianity an Egyptian Religion shows the influence of Ancient Egypt on the Bible. Researchers reveal the sculpture has raised a number of questions since it was first discovered in 1995, leaving archaeologists perplexed as to how it ended up in Hazor, in northern Israel. A cobra carved along the top of the head (shown) indicates its royal nature, the experts say
While the smashed-up sculpture is, ‘beyond any doubt,’ the representation of an Egyptian pharaoh, just who it is remains a mystery
The ‘the royal head’ discovered at Hazor had no body accompanying it. And, it had suffered extensive damage, as seen above. ‘The cracks indicate that the nose had been broken and the head detached from the rest of the sculpture before being shattered,’ the authors wrote
The archaeological site at Hazor is said to be the largest biblical-era site in Israel, and was once the ‘largest and most important city in the entire region,’ according to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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