AMENHOTEP II (1 janv. 1453 av. J.-C. – 1 janv. 1415 av. J.-C.)

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The Pharaoh of the exodus is Amenhotep II.

Amenhotep II fits very well with the narrative of the exodus.
He was a militaristic pharaoh early in his reign, but went on no extensive campaigns after his 7th year.

He was a proud and effective ruler, consistent with the picture of the pharaoh who hardened his heart in Exodus.

There is a son buried with him in the royal tomb which was sealed at his death.

The defacing of the Hatshepsut memorials was an angry reaction to the plagues/exodus.

It was well into his reign that Amenhotep II carried out the destruction which is usually explained as resentment because a woman had seized the throne of Egypt.

But that standard explanation will not suffice.

The timing fits the biblical date of the exodus drama, and that drama certainly would have produced the national wrath evidenced by that destruction.

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