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Solomon: Falcon of Sheba: The Tombs of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba Discovered
Ralph Ellis has discovered indisputable links and comparisons between the Egyptian and Judaic royal lines, that demonstrate that King David and King Solomon were actually pharaohs of Egypt. This is why there is no evidence for these monarchs in the archaeology of modern Israel; for the evidence, including the tombs, sarcophagi and death-masks of these famous monarchs, are actually located in the north eastern Nile Delta. The Queen of Sheba was also related to this royal line and, as befitting the great 'Queen of the South', her sarcophagus was discovered at Deir el Bahri in Luxor. The book also shows the location of King Solomon's Mines and the true historical identity of Hiram Abif, the hero of the Masonic 3rd degree.
- GenresReligionAncient History
384 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2002
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January 12, 2015
Enjoyed this book a great deal. In this book we learn about the tomb of King David that was unearthed in Tanis Egypt during an archealogical excavation and was languishing in the Cairo Museum since World War II. Highly recommended.
January 20, 2024
The author, whom I've interviewed at least three times, carries on his historical revisionism in this book in his standard manner, without musing about its significance, or placing his theories in cultural or scholarly context. I suspect he is right about most of his contentions — King David of Israel was Pharaoh Psusennes II; King Solomon was Pharaoh Sheshonq I (the Biblical Shishak) — but his failure to address the significance of his revisionism undermines the quality of his book.
In earlier, better books, Ralph Ellis explained how the ancient Israelites’ true identity was that of the Hyksos, making the patriarchal shepherds into the Shepherd Kings of Lower Egypt, and the conflict between “Israel” and “Egypt” in Exodus a matter of northern and southern Egypt — with only the latter retaining the name “Egypt” in the Bible. It is all very plausible. Kind of obvious when you think about it. But for a variety of reasons, much to do with pride, the notion is not accepted as even plausible outside the small readership of Ralph Ellis’s oeuvre.
While in his earlier books, chiefly Tempest and Exodus, Ellis conveys some of the significance of what is at stake, in this book we are merely dealing with the facts that can reinforce Ellis’s conjectures. Ellis does not make the topic itself stand out as important. This is a technical book, of technical interest to readers already accustomed to Ellis’s line of thought.
I am impressed with it, on the whole, but I realize its limitations as a book. This is one of the last of Ralph Ellis’s books to read. Certainly not for the beginner.
The edition I read could have used a better editor and proofreader. It has since been revised and retitled, but I have not seen a copy of that later edition.
In earlier, better books, Ralph Ellis explained how the ancient Israelites’ true identity was that of the Hyksos, making the patriarchal shepherds into the Shepherd Kings of Lower Egypt, and the conflict between “Israel” and “Egypt” in Exodus a matter of northern and southern Egypt — with only the latter retaining the name “Egypt” in the Bible. It is all very plausible. Kind of obvious when you think about it. But for a variety of reasons, much to do with pride, the notion is not accepted as even plausible outside the small readership of Ralph Ellis’s oeuvre.
While in his earlier books, chiefly Tempest and Exodus, Ellis conveys some of the significance of what is at stake, in this book we are merely dealing with the facts that can reinforce Ellis’s conjectures. Ellis does not make the topic itself stand out as important. This is a technical book, of technical interest to readers already accustomed to Ellis’s line of thought.
I am impressed with it, on the whole, but I realize its limitations as a book. This is one of the last of Ralph Ellis’s books to read. Certainly not for the beginner.
The edition I read could have used a better editor and proofreader. It has since been revised and retitled, but I have not seen a copy of that later edition.
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