However, it moves the Exodus event one hundred plus years earlier than is commonly associated, Moses with Ramses which was the dynasty following Akhenaten after his Sun cult had fallen. But, this same new timeline is consistent with Egyptian reports of an invasion of the Canaanite highlands from the east across the Jordan perhaps 50+ years later. read more
He claims that Moses of the Bible is no other than King Akhenaten who ruled Egypt for 17 years in the mid-14th century BC. During his reign, the Pharaoh Akhenaten was able to abolish the complex pantheon of the ancient Egyptian religion and replace it with a single God, Aten, who had no image or form. read more
Egyptian King Akhenaten, meaning “Effective for Aten”—his name was originally Amenhotep IV, reigned from about 1352 to 1336 B.C.E. In the fifth year of his reign, he moved the royal residence from Thebes to a new site in Middle Egypt, Akhetaten (“the horizon of Aten,” present-day Tell el-Amarna), and there ordered lavish temples to be built for Aten. read more