Anon10/16/25, 19:17No.18079085
The answer you get depends on what Egyptian chronology you use. The highest and lowest chronologies for Egypt are about 25 years apart, anchored by the Battle of Megiddo in either 1457 BC or 1475 BC. As of now which date is correct is still under debate.If you go by the high chronology then there's a candidate for Amenhotep II being the Pharaoh of the Exodus.
>father Thutmose III rules for 54 years, fitting with Moses' exile for 40 years until the then pharaoh dies, and is the only pharaoh of the 18th dynasty to rule 40+ years
>Amenhotep II is not the first born son of Thutmose III so he doesn't die during the 10th plague (Thutmose III's son was Amenemhat, known from inscriptions at Karnak Temple)
>successor Thutmose IV is explicitly not Amenhotep II's firstborn son (Dream Stele) so Amenhotep's firstborn was dead before he himself died
>Amenhotep's mummy has skin lesions on its neck and face, which are possibly scars from a disease he suffered in life, such as the Exodus' plague of boils, picrel
>Amenhotep has only 2-3 Asiatic campaigns on record, all early in his 26 year reign, years 3, 7, & 9. Compared to Thutmose III's 17 campaigns this is a drastic decrease in regional enforcement, suggesting (at least a temporary) decline.
>Amenhotep sent a message to his Nubian viceroy Usersatet, telling him to be wary of his people's magicians when choosing court officials (The Stela of the Viceroy Usersatet). Usersatet was a military commander during the pharaoh's Asiatic campaigns, which experience Amenhotep calls upon as pretext to the further command he gives about weariness, implying the contexts are related.
>The city of Avaris, which preceded Pi-Ramesses and was home to a large proportion of Canaanite-descended people, was abandoned in the middle of the 18th dynasty, when Amenhotep II reigned
>Exodus and supporting biblical verses never explicitly state Pharaoh went down with his army, always described as his chariots, horses & riders, but never himself
