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Krallar Vadisi'ndeki Yabancı

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Throughout the long history of Ancient Egypt only one man is known to have been given the title of 'a father to Pharaoh' - Yuya, vizier of the Eighteenth Dynasty King Tuthmosis IV. The discovery of this identical title in the Book of Genesis applied to the patriarch Joseph - he of the coat of many colours - started Ahmed Osman on an exhaustive investigation to prove that Yuya and Joseph were the same person. Could it be that the proud, contemplative face of the mummified Yuya is that of one of the founding fathers of the three great religions of the world - Judaism, Christianity and Islam?
Stranger in the Valley of the Kings is an enthralling piece of inspired research which demolished many of the accepted theories about Egyptian and Old Testament history - with incredible photographs and detailed evidence, it is a fascinating exploration of the mysteries and enigmas of Ancient Egypt.

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 22, 1987

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Ahmed Osman

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Ahmed Osman (Arabic: أحمد عثمان‎) is an Egyptian-born author and Egyptologist. He has put forward several theories which are mainly rejected by mainstream Egyptologists

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June 30, 2021
Relatările obişnuite despre viaţa lui Iosif, patriarhul evreu care a dus tribul lui Israel în Egipt, sunt din multe puncte de vedere nesatisfăcătoare. Ni se vorbeşte despre profeţii stranii şi evenimente dramatice, dar, luate în ansamblu, ele nu sunt legate unele de altele într-o ordine logică a cauzei şi efectului; citim despre moduri de comportament bizare, dar nu ni se spune de ce personajele respective s-au comportat aşa cum au făcut-o; suntem asiguraţi de oamenii de ştiinţă că aceste evenimente s-au petrecut într-o anumită perioadă a istoriei, în vreme ce există din abundenţă dovezi, atât în Biblie cât şi în alte surse, că ele au avut loc într-o perioadă total diferită.
Pentru a face un scurt sumar al istoriei personale a lui Iosif, legăturile sale cu Egiptul faraonilor se spune că au început când a fost vândut ca sclav, la vârsta de şaptesprezece ani, de fraţii săi vitregi invidioşi. În ciuda începutului aflat sub auspicii nefavorabile, în timp, el s-a ridicat la rangul înalt de vizir, conducătorul de fapt al Egiptului după rege şi, în cele din urmă, a trimis după întreaga sa familie – tribul Israelului – să i se alăture. Despre aceste evenimente se crede, în general, că au avut loc în perioada timpurie a domniei regilor Hyksos, păstori asiatici printre care trăiau amestecate elemente semite, amurite şi de alte naţii, care invadaseră Egiptul prin 1659 î.Hr. Şi îl stăpâniseră mai mult de un secol. Iosif a murit mai târziu în Egipt, după ce a prezis Exodul şi a obţinut promisiunea ca oasele sale să fie într-o zi îngropate în pământul ţării sale. Se spune că tribul lui Israel a rămas în Egipt timp de 430 de ani, până când au ajuns sub asuprirea unui faraon şi, ca urmare, Moise a condus Exodul spre Ţara Făgăduinţei, luând cu el oasele lui Iosif pentru a le îngropa acolo. Majoritatea savanţilor plasează Exodul în jurul anului 1200 î.Hr., spre sfârşitul lungii domnii a lui Ramses al II-lea, al treilea rege al Dinastiei a Nouăsprezecea, sau – posibil – la începutul domniei fiului său, Merenptah.
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July 21, 2017
Aslen Müslüman olan yazarın Tevrat'ta teferruatıyla adı geçen yusuf peygamberin hikayesini Mısır belgelerinde Ve buluntularında inceleyerek Mısır'da firavun yanında yaşamış olan yuya ile ilişkilendirmeye çalışmaktadır. Kitap tevratdaki yazılanları değil de bilimsel bulgulara esat alarak inceleme yapması bakımından dikkat çekici yine de O tarihi iyi bilmeyen insanlar okumakta zorlanırlar gayet yoğun bir içeriye sahip.. hikayenin Kuran'da yazılanı önemsememesi hatta çocuk kurban etme olayını İslam âlimlerinin yanlış yorumladığını söyleyerek İslamcıların tersine Tevrat'ın daha doğru olduğunu bile göstermeye çalışmış.. Tevrat'taki bir çok masalın sonradan uydurulmuş abartılmış ve hatalarda dolu olduğunu düşünürsek ve Kuran'ın da bunların kötü kopyalarını yaptığını düşünürsek açıkçası Yusuf hikayesini doğrulamaya çalışmak için biraz zorlandığını düşündüm.. yine de ilginç yaklaşımlar var.. Bu hikaye içinde tek doğru olan aslında mısır hiyorogliflerinde yazılanlar.. Ancak bu kitap akademik olarak tarihi bir araştırma nasıl yapılır göstermesi açısından oldukça eğitici..
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December 27, 2020
Bu kitabı okumak isteyenler normal insan değildirler, merhaba hem bu yorumu hem de kitabı okumaya gelen meraklı insan. Gerçekten seni gördüğüme sevindim çünkü ülkemiz de böyle meraklı insanların olduğunu bilmek insana umut veriyor. Kitabın ne anlattığını biliyorsunuzdur ama ben de anlatayım, kitap; Tevratta Joseph (yusuf), İslamiyette Hz.Yusuf olan şahısın aslında firavun olan ay ya da yuya’ya bir çok benzerlik taşıdığını ve aslında Yusuf’un Yuya olduğunu anlatıyor. Fakat maalesef ki mısırbilimciler tarafından bu teori desteklenmiyor, ilgi göremiyor. Ama bilemezsiniz bakarsınız ileri de doğru olduğu anlaşılır ve bugün kimsenin dahi duymadığı Ahmed Osman’ı okullarda öğretip wikide daha fazla yazı yazabiliriz, kim bilir.
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December 12, 2019
The book was explaining about the possibility of Joseph from the Bible to be this mummy found in Egypt which was compelling but also very hard to understand. The book read very scholarly. Lots of jargon, academic linguistics, and citings. It's very hard to understand unless the person has in-depth knowledge of the work involved. It could have been a great read but not for a casual person.
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July 11, 2014
The author makes a compelling case that this mummy, whose name is Yuya, is that of the Biblical Joseph (of Technicolor dream coat fame) known as Youssef in the Koran. The author begins his journey reminding us that Joseph in the Bible, who was sold into slavery by his brothers, became a powerful advisor to a pharaoh and was himself known as the "father of the Pharaoh".

Yuya, who was not of Egyptian royal lineage, was buried in FOREIGN (non-Egyptian) attire alongside the most famous of pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings. As vizier to Thutmose IV, Yuya went on to see his daughter marry his son, Amenhotep III. Among the many titles found in Yuya's tomb: father of the pharaoh.

Akhenaten, his grandson, rejected the old, multiple gods of Egypt and embraced the idea of a single god. He attempted to revolutionize Egypt's religion. (It should be noted that the single god he wanted his people to worship was most likely himself!)

Beyond the book... DNA testing recently proved that King Tut's father was Akhenaten and his maternal great-grandfather was Yuya.

When Tut dies at the young age of 19 without an heir, what chaos must have ensued in the palace?

The elderly Aye eventually became pharaoh but only for a brief time. Aye's father? Yuya.

Horemheb eventually took the crown and returned Egypt to the multiple gods worshipped before Akhenaten's "heresy".

Is it possible that the Jewish patriarch Joseph was King Tut's great-grandfather and influenced his father Akhenaten's single-god religious beliefs? There is compelling evidence.

Keep in mind, Joseph was a descendent of Abraham, who was a forefather of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

What if King Tut had lived and had been able to carry on his father and great-grandfather's single god revolution in Egypt?

For one thing, Moses and his followers might never have needed to leave Egypt!

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July 23, 2012
Osman has written many books outlining his theories of Ancient Egyptian history - this one, I think, has his strongest theory - that the mummy of Egyptian official Yuya may well be the bible's Joseph. Osman uses both archeological evidence as well as biblical to argue his point. Extremely interesting, and his ideas figure into the possible relationship between the monotheist cult of Akhenaten & the Hebrew presence in Goshen.
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May 6, 2017
Ok, I'll buy Yuya (the father of King Tut's paternal grandmother) as the Biblical Joseph.

The evidence I understood was compelling without being too much of a stretch. However, I lacked the true academic foundation to be able to understand all of it.
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