http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253820674074&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Archeologists have discovered ancient Egyptian coins bearing the name and image of the biblical Joseph, Cairo's Al Ahram newspaper recently reported. Excerpts provided by MEMRI show that the coins were discovered among a multitude of unsorted artifacts stored at the Museum of Egypt. According to the report, the significance of the find is that archeologists have found scientific evidence countering the claim held by some historians that coins were not used for trade in ancient Egypt, and that this was done through barter instead. The period in which Joseph was regarded to have lived in Egypt matches the minting of the coins in the cache, researchers said. little bitty photo of what they say are coins dating to 16th-17th Century BC? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Needless to say...I am suspicious
Amazing! Egypt didn't use coins before coins were invented! What a break through... I think I need funding to determine if people used cell phones during the Civil war. FYI - the objects in the picture are scarabs, used for official/mercantile seals and charms/amulets.
Little photo can be found here: http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP256109 I found this to be an interesting idea regarding these Scarabs or Seals as they are showing up in large quantities: In trying to wrap my mind around this... Why would there be so many seals or amulets with the Joseph inscription... According to the biblical account Joseph was made "second-ruler" of Egypt and was responsible for the administration and distribution of the Wheat in Egypt during the famine. Is it possible that these "ammulets" or seals were used as ration tokens of a sort? Or used to identify individuals that were permitted to receive the Wheat? Why else would there be so many of them showing up? The idea of an "identification seal" is interesting, because, in the biblical account Joseph's brothers go to try to purchase food and they were easily identified as "outsiders". These are obviously very interesting and important historical relics but what purpose they searved is very questionable.
They didn't use cell phones during the Civil War but recent discoveries have linked its start to false stories posted on the internet!
