The Bubastite Portal is a gate is located in Karnak, within the Precinct of Amun-Re temple complex, between the temple of Ramesses III and the second pylon. It records the conquests and military campa
The temple wall depicts a list of city states conquered by Shoshenq I in his Near Eastern military campaigns.
Champollion's 1829 drawing of a cartouche showing the name "ydhmrk". Champollion's 1829 read of this name as "King of Judah" has been discredited by modern scholars, who generally accept that the phrase refers to "Yad Hemmelek" ("Hand of the King"), although it has also been interpreted as "Juttah of the King"
Portal showing cartouches of Shoshenq I
Aamu was a name used to designate West Asians in ancient Egypt. It is often translated as "Western Asiatic", but it might refer specifically to Canaanites or Amorites. The Egyptologist and linguist Th
Bubastite Portal
โฆthe most exciting names mentioned is 'The Field of Abram.' The inscriptions give no details about this expedition and mention only the victory over the Asiatics (๊ฅ๊ฃm.w). Below is a translation of the one hundred fifty-five names on the inscriptionโฆ
The leader of the Aamu in the painting is a man described as "Abisha the Hyksos" (๐พ๐๐ฐ๐, แธฅq๊ฃ-แธซ๊ฃswt, Heqa-khasut for "Hyksos"). Tomb of Khnumhotep II, circa 1900 BCE.
An Egyptian glazed steatite profile head of an Asiatic 1540-1190 BCE
Word "Aamu" (๐ป๐ฐ๐๐
๐๐ from right to left) in two Egyptian scripts, in the tomb of Khnumhotep II.
A more recent description of the word (left to right, 1898)