Exile Exodus

By Ryan Fleming and Ryan Fleming

Pharaoh Amenhotep III reveres Aten and proclaims himself as the manifestation of the god. To honor Aten and his father, Amenhotep IV changes his name to Akhenaten when he becomes pharaoh. With his wife, Nefertiti, Akhenaten outlaws the worship of other gods, defaces their temples, and builds a new city, Akhetaten. Descendants of a foreign people who ruled Egypt two hundred years earlier embrace the new religion, and help build a new, vibrant capital. One of Akhenaten's daughters, Meritaten, steals a baby boy from one of the villagers and claims he was found in a basket floating in the Nile. She names him the Egyptian word for child, Moses. After the death of Akhenaten, Meritaten convinces Moses to take over the role as intermediary to Aten. A new pharaoh reinstates the temples and worship of traditional Egyptian gods. The continued presence of the heretic religion in Akhetaten brews hatred and bigoty throughout Egypt. Pharaoh Horemheb asks Moses and his people to leave Egypt, promising them safe passage to the land of their ancestors. But Egypt had been their home for many generations and Moses refuses. The deaths of Horemheb's wife and newborn son in childbirth prompts Moses to proclaim the Pharaoh's misfortune a punishment for beliefs in false gods. In a rage, Horemheb sends an army to Akhetaten to arrest Moses and raze the city and its temples. Moses flees Egypt with his people in an exile exodus.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971567646
• ISBN13: 9780971567641
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Wellspring Books
• Length: 189 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"