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Romany: A DESECRATED TOMB REVEALED A MUMMY OF A KING...

THEY TRIED TO DESTROY HIM.

HIS IDEAS WERE RADICAL.

...WHO WAS ERASED FROM HISTORY.

NOW, THIS MUMMY'S TRUE IDENTITY COULD REWRITE THE BIBLE

FOR BILLIONS OF BELIEVERS ACROSS THE WORLD.

IF AKHENATEN IS ACTUALLY MOSES OF THE BIBLE.

THERE IS NO WAY.

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BUT HAS THE EVIDENCE BEEN HIDDEN IN A COVER-UP

THAT LASTED MORE THAN 3,000 YEARS?

COULD THESE BONES BELONG TO MOSES OF THE BIBLE?

I FOUND MOSES.

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I'M ARCHAEOLOGIST AND MUMMY EXPERT RAMY ROMANY.

ACROSS THE GLOBE, EARTH IS GIVING UP HER DEAD.

OH, MY GOD. PEDRO, LOOK AT THIS.

THANKS TO CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY,

NEW MUMMIES ARE UNEARTHED EVERY DAY.

IT'S LIKE AN UNDERWATER CRIME SCENE.

THESE MUMMIES HOLD EXTRAORDINARY SECRETS...

OH, MY GOD. WHAT IS THIS?

PRICELESS.

...IF YOU KNOW HOW TO UNWRAP IT.

THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

THIS IS...

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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PRIESTS

USED AN ELABORATE 70-DAY MUMMIFICATION PROCESS

TO PRESERVE THE BODIES OF THE DEAD.

THEY EQUIPPED THEM WITH INSTRUCTIONS, PASSWORDS,

AND MAGIC SPELLS TO ENSURE THEIR SOULS MADE IT TO THE AFTERLIFE.

BUT IN A TOMB IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS,

A MUMMY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED

THAT WAS INTENTIONALLY DESECRATED,

ROBBING ITS OWNER OF ALL ETERNITY.

THE DISMEMBERED BODY BELONGED TO AN EGYPTIAN KING --

THE PHARAOH AKHENATEN.

DEBATE RAGES AS TO WHY HIS ROYAL REMAINS

WERE SO CRUELLY VIOLATED.

AN EMERGING THEORY SUGGESTS

A CONTROVERSIAL CONNECTION TO MOSES,

WHO, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, ANGERED EGYPTIANS

BY LEADING THE HEBREW PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT TO THE PROMISED LAND.

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I'M IN MY HOMETOWN ON CAIRO TO DISCOVER

WHO THIS CONTROVERSIAL PHARAOH REALLY WAS,

WHAT HE DID TO DESERVE SUCH CRUEL TREATMENT,

AND UNCOVER WHETHER MOSES OF THE BIBLE

MIGHT HOLD THE KEYS TO THE ENTIRE MYSTERY.

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I'M HERE AT THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM.

THIS PLACE LITERALLY HAS MORE DEAD KINGS

AND QUEENS MUMMIFIED THAN ANY OTHER MUSEUM IN THE WORLD.

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ROYAL PHARAOHS ARE ON DISPLAY.

YOU CAN SEE THEIR INCREDIBLY ELABORATE MUMMIES,

BUT THE REMAINS FROM ONE PHARAOH STAND OUT FROM REST --

THE CONTROVERSIAL PHARAOH AKHENATEN.

I'VE ARRANGE TO MEET THE LEADER OF THE TEAM

THAT DID THE MOST EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS MUMMY --

THE GODFATHER OF EGYPTOLOGY

AND MY PERSONAL GODFATHER, DR. ZAHI HAWASS.

CAN WE UNCOVER THIS?

TAKING THE CASE OFF A MUMMY IS QUITE A BIG DEAL,

BECAUSE THE CASE HAS TO BE COMPLETELY CONTROLLED

TO PRESERVE THE MUMMY FOR OUR FUTURE.

THAT MUMMY CASE IS INTACT, HAS NO OXYGEN.

IT'S A NITROGEN CASE.

AND TODAY, WE'RE OPENING THAT CASE.

MOST OF THE MUMMIES IN THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM

ARE COVERED WITH A LINEN SHEET.

THAT'S WHY WE GOT PERMISSION TO REMOVE THE GLASS --

TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE FULL REMAINS

OF THE PHARAOH AKHENATEN.

YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER SEEN THE MUMMY OF AKHENATEN.

THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TIME, DR. ZAHI.

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WOW! LOOK AT THAT.

ACTUALLY, THERE IS NO MUMMY OF AKHENATEN.

IT'S ONLY THE SKELETON OF AKHENATEN.

AND IT WAS FOUND AS A SKELETON?

IT WAS FOUND LIKE A SKELETON LIKE THIS EXACTLY IN A COFFIN.

WHO ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE SARCOPHAGUS.

IN THE COFFIN?IN THE COFFIN.

KING TUT IS THE SON OF AKHENATEN?

EXACTLY.

WHY DOES IT LOOK SO DIFFERENT

THAN ALL THE REST OF THE MUMMIES?

WHY IS IT NOT A PERFECTLY SHAPED MUMMY?

THIS MUMMY SUFFERED A LOT.

SO, YOU THINK THIS WAS DESTROYED ON PURPOSE.

AKHENATEN STARTED THE FIRST MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION.

EXACTLY.

EGYPTIANS OF THE TIME WORSHIPPED MORE THAN A THOUSAND GODS.

SO FOR AKHENATEN TO MAKE THE WORSHIP OF ONLY ONE GOD

WAS A RADICAL AND CONTROVERSIAL MOVE.

WHEN AKHENATEN DEMANDED THE WORSHIP OF ONLY ONE GOD, ATEN,

HE MADE POWERFUL ENEMIES OF THE AMUN PRIESTS IN THEBES.

AT THAT TIME IN EGYPT, RELIGION WAS THE MOST POWERFUL THING,

AND THE HEADS OF ALL RELIGIONS WERE THE HIGH PRIESTS.

AND YOUR HIGH PRIEST IS YOUR POPE.

AND IF YOUR POPE SAYS SOMETHING,

SOMETIMES IT'S MORE POWERFUL THAN THE KING.

AKHENATEN AND THE AMUN PRIESTS WERE SWORN ENEMIES.

THIS PART OF AKHENATEN'S STORY IS VERY SIMILAR

TO THE MOSES STORY AND THE ENEMIES HE MADE

WHEN HE INTRODUCED THE WORSHIP OF JUST ONE GOD.

ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE

IS IF AKHENATEN IS ACTUALLY MOSES OF THE BIBLE.

THERE IS NO WAY.

NO WAY.

BOTH STARTED THE FIRST MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION,

THEY BOTH TOOK THEIR PEOPLE AND FLED NORTH OR LEFT NORTH.

THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN HISTORY,

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S INTRIGUING.

THIS COULD BE A THEORY. WE DON'T KNOW.

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS IS MOSES.

YOU HAVE TO FIND EVIDENCE,

BUT HOW CAN YOU FIND ANY EVIDENCE?

DR. ZAHI LOVES GIVING ME OBSTACLES,

AND I LOVE TAKING IT AS A CHALLENGE.

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I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ARRANGE A MEETING

WITH ONE OF THE FOREMOST AKHENATEN SCHOLARS IN THE WORLD

AT THE BEN EZRA SYNAGOGUE.

THIS CAIRO LANDMARK'S HISTORY AND TRADITION

DATE BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

I'M HERE TO MEET EGYPTOLOGIST AHMED OSMAN.

HE HAS A THEORY ABOUT AKHENATEN

BASED ON NEARLY 30 YEARS OF RESEARCH,

BUT IT'S VERY CONTROVERSIAL.

AHMED, YOU HAVE A VERY STRONG REPUTATION AMONG EGYPTOLOGISTS.

EVERYONE KNOWS OF YOU.YES.

IT'S JUST A LOT OF THEM DISMISS YOUR THEORIES.

YES. YES.

AND WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?

ACCORDING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT,

MOSES WAS BORN DURING A TIME WHEN THE ISRAELITES OF EGYPT

WERE CONSIDERED A GROWING THREAT.

THE PHARAOH ORDERED ALL NEWBORN MALE HEBREWS TO BE KILLED,

BUT MOSES' MOTHER HID HIM IN A FLOATING BASKET.

HE WAS FOUND BY THE PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER AND RAISED AS HER SON.

MOSES GREW UP TO FREE THE ISRAELITES

AND LED THEM OUT OF EGYPT TOWARDS THE PROMISED LAND.

ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINSTREAM ARCHAEOLOGISTS...

YEAH. ...GOOD ONES,

NONE OF THEM WOULD CONSIDER AKHENATEN

ANYWHERE CLOSE TO BEING THE MOSES OF THE BIBLE.

YES.

WHEN IT COMES TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE,

THERE IS A LOT WE HAVE FOR AKHENATEN,

BUT WHEN WE TRY TO COMPARE IT WITH MOSES,

WHAT ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE WE HAVE FOR MOSES?

WELL, SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE.

LET'S GO.

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Romany: AKHENATEN WAS NEVER IN A BASKET AND WAS NOT FOUND ON THE RIVER.

THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING,

BECAUSE AKHENATEN'S LIFE WAS THREATENED

WHEN HE WAS BORN...YES.

...BECAUSE OF HIS ROYAL LINEAGE.YES.

AND MOSES' LIFE WAS ALSO THREATENED AT BIRTH.

YES.

IN HISTORY, AKHENATEN IS THE KING OF EGYPT.

MOSES IS NEVER MENTIONED AS A KING ANYWHERE IN THE BIBLE.

THE TALMUD IS A COLLECTION OF AUTHORITATIVE

AND SACRED WRITINGS, AS WELL AS ORAL TRADITION

THAT EXPANDS ON THE OLD TESTAMENT OF THE BIBLE.

SO, THEY WERE BOTH BORN IN THE SAME PLACE,

LIVED AT THE SAME TIME.

BOTH CALLED FOR MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION,

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.

BOTH WERE THREATENED OF DEATH AT BIRTH,

AND BOTH ENDED UP BEING A KING?

YES.

THE COMMON LINKS ARE -- ARE STAGGERING.

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DR. OSMAN HAS GIVEN ME A LOT TO THINK ABOUT,

BUT I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED.

I'M HEADING TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME,

400 MILES SOUTH,

TO LUXOR'S WORLD-FAMOUS VALLEY OF THE KINGS.

I'M HOPING AKHENATEN'S TOMB WILL GIVE ME MORE CLUES

ABOUT WHO HE WAS AND WHETHER HE CAN BE CONNECTED TO MOSES.

♪♪

THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS IN THE ANCIENT TIMES

WAS THE GATEWAY TO THE AFTERLIFE,

THE MAIN BURIAL PLACE OF THE PHARAOHS, QUEENS,

AND HIGH PRIESTS BETWEEN THE 16th AND 11th CENTURIES B.C.

TO DATE, 63 TOMBS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED

CARVED INTO THE ROCKS.

KV35 WAS REDISCOVERED IN 1898,

AND IT IS THE TOMB OF AKHENATEN'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER.

WHEN THEY FIRST FOUND THIS TOMB, THEY WENT INSIDE, LOOKED AROUND.

HOW MASSIVE, HOW GLORIOUS

AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARAOH'S TOMB WAS.

TYPICALLY, ONCE A KING BECOMES THE KING,

HIS TOMB STARTS GETTING BUILT,

BECAUSE A TOMB IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIS OWN HOUSE.

A TOMB IN ANCIENT EGYPT

LITERALLY MEANS THE HOUSE OF ETERNITY.

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THIS IS WHAT A ROYAL TOMB SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

RIGHT HERE, THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND AKHENATEN'S GRANDFATHER,

THUTMOSE IV, AKHENATEN'S MOTHER, QUEEN TIYE,

AKHENATEN'S FATHER, AMENHOTEP III.

DEFINITELY HIS SISTER.

THE MOTHER OF KING TUT WAS ALSO HERE.

THE MOST SHOCKING PART OF ALL WAS NOT WHO WAS FOUND HERE.

IT WAS WHO WASN'T.

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Romany: I'M HERE AT THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS,

THE FINAL RESTING PLACE TO MANY OF THE PHARAOHS

OF ANCIENT EGYPT.

I'M HERE TO LOOK AT THE TOMB AKHENATEN'S MUMMY WAS FOUND IN.

I CONSIDER AKHENATEN'S TOMB

TO BE A 3,300-YEAR-OLD CRIME SCENE,

AND I'M HOPING WE CAN FIND CLUES

TO EXPLAIN WHY HIS MUMMY WAS DESECRATED

AND WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT WHETHER HE WAS MOSES OF THE BIBLE.

THIS, I BELIEVE,

IS THE MOST INTRIGUING TOMB IN THE WHOLE VALLEY.

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THIS IS KV55.

THE FIRST THING THAT STRIKES ME

IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING HERE.

KV35, WHERE THE FAMILY WAS BURIED,

WAS A VERY TYPICAL TOMB OF THE 18th DYNASTY.

IT WAS SPRAWLING AND LUXURIOUS.

IT HAD UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS TO HOUSE THE TREASURE

AND ARTIFACTS THE KING WOULD NEED IN THE AFTERLIFE.

THE LOWER PART HAD THE BURIAL CHAMBER

AND THE KING'S SARCOPHAGUS.

IN CONTRAST, AKHENATEN'S TOMB WAS VERY SMALL --

AN UNDECORATED SINGLE CHAMBER.

ALL THE PHARAOHS WERE BURIED WITH FOUR SACRED BLOCKS

THAT SURROUNDED THEIR SARCOPHAGUS.

THIS IS WHERE THE COFFIN WOULD HAVE BEEN.

AND AROUND THE COFFIN,

THERE WERE FOUR FAMOUS MAGICAL CARDINAL BLOCKS --

ONE NORTH, ONE EAST, ONE SOUTH, AND ONE WEST.

THEY HAD INSCRIPTIONS ON THEM, AND THE INSCRIPTIONS WOULD SAY,

"IF YOU COME ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THIS,

YOU'LL BE CHOKED TO DEATH."

THOSE ARE THE REASON WHY PEOPLE BELIEVE

IN THE CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS -- THOSE MAGICAL BLOCKS.

IN THIS TOMB, AROUND THIS COFFIN,

THEY WERE DIFFERENT, THOUGH.

THOSE CARDINAL BLOCKS WERE TURNED INWARDS

INSTEAD OF OUTWARDS.

THE INSCRIPTIONS WERE ON THE INSIDE

AS IF THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO PROTECT

THE CONTENTS OF THIS TOMB FROM THE OUTER WORLD,

BUT THE OPPOSITE.

THEY WERE TRYING TO PROTECT THE OUTER WORLD

FROM THE CONTENTS OF THIS TOMB.

WHEN AKHENATEN PUSHED FOR THE WORSHIP OF ONE GOD,

HE PROVOKED THE ANGER OF THE PRIESTS OF AMUN.

TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, HE WAS A DANGEROUS THREAT,

JUST LIKE MOSES.

AND RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER

OF WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE BURIAL CHAMBER

WAS THE SARCOPHAGUS --

A DESTROYED MUMMY OF KING AKHENATEN.

THE QUESTION I HAVE, THOUGH, IS WHAT COULD HE HAVE DONE?

WE'VE SEEN OTHER PHARAOHS

THAT HAD POLITICAL DIFFERENCES BEFORE AKHENATEN,

AND THEY WERE NOT TREATED AS BAD.

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SOME OF THEIR NAMES WERE ETCHED OUT,

SOME OF THEIR ITEMS WERE TAKEN AWAY,

BUT THEY WOULD NEVER HURT THEIR MUMMIES.

THAT'S MURDERING HIM IN THE AFTERLIFE.

THAT'S DENYING HIM IMMORTALITY,

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ANCIENT EGYPTIAN KINGS.

THEY LIVED THEIR LIVES FOR IMMORTALITY.

WHAT COULD HE HAVE DONE?

IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING SO SHAKING,

SO OFFENSIVE TO THE ENTIRE EGYPTIAN POPULATION.

♪♪

FOR CLUES ABOUT WHAT AKHENATEN COULD HAVE DONE

TO MAKE SUCH POWERFUL ENEMIES, I'M HEADING TO A HOLY PLACE.

HERE, 3,500 YEARS AGO,

THE PHARAOHS BEGAN CRAFTING THEIR LEGACIES

WITH AMBITIOUS BUILDING PROJECTS.

AT A TIME WHEN EGYPT WAS THE SUPERPOWER

OF THE ANCIENT WORLD,

THIS WAS WHERE ITS RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL POWER

WAS CONCENTRATED.

THIS WAS THE VATICAN OF ANCIENT EGYPT.

KARNAK TEMPLE THRIVED WHEN AKHENATEN CAME TO POWER.

AND EVEN THOUGH THE ELITE LATER TRIED TO ERASE HIS MEMORY,

THERE ARE STILL CLUES TO UNCOVER HERE

ABOUT AKHENATEN'S MYSTERIOUS LIFE.

TODAY, I'VE ARRANGED TO GET ACCESS TO AN EXCLUSIVE AREA

THAT I HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED IN BEFORE.

BUT FIRST...THIS IS THE HYPOSTYLE HALL,

AND IT'S WHERE I'M MEETING EGYPTOLOGIST JAYNE VINE.

SHE'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON ALTERNATIVE THEORIES

ABOUT WHO AKHENATEN MIGHT HAVE REALLY BEEN,

AND I EXPECT SHE'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL IN MY INVESTIGATION.

Dr. Vine: ONCE UPON A TIME, THIS AREA WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED.

YEAH?

AND INSIDE IT WAS THE INNER SANCTUM

OF THE GOD AMUN.

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AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS PLACE

IS WHAT ALWAYS IMPRESSES ME AND SHOCKS ME.

I MEAN, IN KARNAK TEMPLE ALONE, YOU CAN SEE

OVER 1,000 DIFFERENT DEITIES LISTED ON THE WALLS.

AND THEN AKHENATEN COMES AND DECIDES,

"NO, SCRAP THEM ALL.

THERE'S ONLY ONE, ATEN."

IT REALLY IS THE SAME THING MOSES DID IN THE BIBLE.

MOSES COMMANDED HIS PEOPLE TO WORSHIP ONLY ONE GOD.

AND ONE DAY, BELIEVING MOSES HAD ABANDONED THEM,

THE ISRAELITES SMELTED A GOLDEN CALF

AND BEGAN TO WORSHIP IT.

MOSES WAS ENRAGED WHEN HE RETURNED TO SEE THE BLASPHEMY.

AKHENATEN DIDN'T ALLOW DEPICTIONS OF GOD ATEN AS A MAN

AND, LIKE MOSES, WAS HOSTILE TO OTHER GODS.

AKHENATEN'S WRATH WAS AIMED AT AMUN.

SO, HE WANTED TO DESTROY AMUN SPECIFICALLY?

I THINK THAT WAS WHERE MOST OF HIS ANGER WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS.

AMUN WAS THE MOST PROMINENT GOD AT THE TIME

WITH THE GREATEST FOLLOWING AND THE MOST POWERFUL PRIESTS.

AKHENATEN ORDERED HIS MEN TO TRAVEL THE COUNTRY,

DESTROYING ALL IMAGES OF AMUN --

THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY A KING ATTACKED A GOD.

HIS IDEAS WERE RADICAL.

SOME HISTORIANS OUT THERE

BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION

BETWEEN AKHENATEN AND MOSES OF THE BIBLE.

IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

SO MUCH HAS BEEN DESTROYED OF AKHENATEN,

BUT THERE MIGHT BE A FEW KERNELS OF TRUTH

THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

TODAY, I'VE ARRANGED TO GET ACCESS

TO SECOND PYLON OF THE KARNAK TEMPLE.

A PYLON IS A MASSIVE GATEWAY,

AND THIS ONE WAS BUILT AFTER THE TIME OF AKHENATEN,

AFTER HIS LEGACY WAS ERASED FROM THIS TEMPLE.

IN RECENT TIMES, AN EARTHQUAKE HAS REVEALED

THAT THE PYLONS' INTERIOR WERE HIDING SECRETS ABOUT AKHENATEN.

NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS PLACE,

AND IT'S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF NATURE ARCHAEOLOGY --

WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE DESTROYS A PART OF THE TEMPLE,

WHAT IS REVEALED FROM INSIDE THAT DESTRUCTION.

I'M GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.

♪♪

WHOA! LOOK AT THIS!

Romany: I'M IN EGYPT INVESTIGATING A THEORY

THAT AKHENATEN, THE PHARAOH THAT WAS SO CONTROVERSIAL

HE WAS ERASED FROM HISTORY,

COULD ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN MOSES OF THE BIBLE.

♪♪

I'VE ARRANGED TO GET ACCESS TO THE SECOND PYLON,

ONE OF THE MASSIVE GATEWAYS WHOSE HIDDEN INTERIORS

WERE ONLY REVEALED BY A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE.

THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES

THAT HAS ANY ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

LINKING AKHENATEN AND MOSES OF THE BIBLE.

[ ROCKS CLATTERING ]

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AND THINK,

"THIS IS A TINY WALL,"

BUT THE PYLON IS 30 METERS HIGH

AND MASSIVE.

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YOU CAN SEE BITS AND PIECES TO THE TEMPLE --

THE TEMPLE THAT THEY DESTROYED THAT BELONGED TO AKHENATEN.

WOW!

THIS WAS A PART OF THE WALLS,

THE SUN RAYS THAT COMES OUT FROM GOD ATEN,

THE GOD THAT AKHENATEN BELIEVED IN.

WHAT'S INTRIGUING TO ME IS HOW MOSES IS DESCRIBED

IN EXODUS 34 --

"HIS FACE WAS RADIANT, AND HE GLOWED."

HE'S OFTEN DEPICTED AS HAVING HEAVENLY RAYS OF LIGHT

SURROUNDING HIS HEAD, RAYS THAT COME FROM THE SKY,

FROM HIS GOD, VERY SIMILAR TO AKHENATEN'S.

THE ONLY REASON WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE OF AN EARTHQUAKE.

WE'RE INSIDE A STRUCTURE THAT IS LITERALLY FALLING APART,

AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE.

AKHENATEN LEFT THE EGYPTIAN CAPITAL

AND LED HIS PEOPLE NORTH.

SOME SAY HE MOVED THE CAPITAL FROM THEBES BY CHOICE,

BUT OTHERS BELIEVE THAT THE POWERFUL PRIESTS

THAT WORSHIPPED AMUN STAGED A KIND OF A COUP.

♪♪

THIS MAY HAVE BEEN VENGEANCE FOR AKHENATEN

UNDERMINING THEIR POWER AND OUTLAWING THE WORSHIP OF AMUN.

IF SO, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE EGYPTIAN ARMY CHASE AKHENATEN

AND HIS FOLLOWERS NORTH OUT OF THEBES.

MOSES ALSO FLED NORTH WITH HIS PEOPLE,

WITH THE EGYPTIAN ARMY IN PURSUIT.

THAT, OF COURSE, LED TO ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS STORIES

IN THE BIBLE -- THE PARTING OF THE RED SEA,

WHICH ALLOWED THE ISRAELITES TO ESCAPE TO FREEDOM.

♪♪

I'VE ARRANGED TO TALK TO CARL DREWS, A SCIENTIST

FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

IN BOULDER, COLORADO.

HE'S INVESTIGATING THIS VERY SUBJECT,

AND WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS IS IT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE

TO PART A BODY OF WATER?

CARL, I'VE HEARD YOU'RE DOING REALLY EXTRAORDINARY RESEARCH

ABOUT EXODUS AND THE DIFFERENT ROUTES

THAT BIBLICAL MOSES TOOK BACK IN THE TIME.

Drews: YES. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU READ THE ACCOUNT IN EXODUS 14,

IT SAYS ABOUT THE STRONG EAST WIND BLEW,

AND THE WATERS WERE PARTED,

AND MOSES WENT ACROSS BETWEEN THE WAVES.

SO THIS SOUNDS LIKE THIS THING CALLED WIND SETDOWN,

WHERE WIND BLOWS ACROSS THE SURFACE OF THE WATER,

AND THE WATER MOVES AWAY FROM THE SHORE,

AND SO YOU GET THE DROP IN WATER LEVEL AND DRY LAND.

BUT THEN WHEN THE WIND STOPS BLOWING,

THE WATERS WILL COME BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

ACCORDING TO CARL'S THEORY, WINDS FROM THE EAST

BLEW HARD ENOUGH TO PUSH THE WATER JUST FAR ENOUGH

TO ONE SIDE TO ALLOW MOSES AND HIS FOLLOWERS TO CROSS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MUST BE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

FOR THIS TO TAKE PLACE.

TO TEST MY THEORY, I COULDN'T BRING UP A REAL HURRICANE,

SO I SET UP WHAT'S CALLED A COMPUTER MODEL.

THEN I COULD BLOW A DIGITAL WIND OVER THE SURFACE,

AND THAT WOULD BLOW AWAY THE WATER.

CALCULATING WITH THE LAWS OF PHYSICS

VERY CAREFULLY AND ACCURATELY,

WE CAME UP WITH A WIND SPEED OF 62 MILES AN HOUR.

THAT WAS THE STRONGEST WIND

THAT I FIGURED A MIXED GROUP OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN

COULD WALK AND STILL MAKE FORWARD PROGRESS.

AND THEN YOU WANT SOMETHING TO BE NO MORE THAN 3 METERS DEEP.

I SEE.THE OTHER WAY TO TEST IT

IS TO LOOK BACK AT SITUATIONS

AND SEE IF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE IN RECORDED HISTORY,

AND IT HAS HAPPENED.

THERE WAS AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS HAPPENED IN 1883

IN THE EASTERN NILE DELTA,

WHERE A BIG WIND CAME UP FROM THE EAST

AND IT COMPLETELY BLEW AWAY LAKE MANZALA.

IT DISAPPEARED OVER THE HORIZON.

OKAY, BUT MOSES PARTED THE RED SEA, NOT A LAKE.

AND THE RED SEA IS A MASSIVE BODY OF WATER.

HOW CAN YOU TELL EXACTLY WHERE MOSES OF THE BIBLE

PARTED IT AND CROSSED IT?

WELL, THERE'S BEEN A TRANSLATION ERROR IN THE BIBLE

FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

THE SCHOLARS WHO TRANSLATED THAT TOOK THE HEBREW PHRASE YAM SUPH,

WHICH CLEARLY MEANS "THE SEA OF REEDS,"

AND THEY TRANSLATED THAT TO "THE RED SEA" IN GREEK.

NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY IT WAS TRANSLATED THAT WAY.

IT WAS PROBABLY THEIR BEST GUESS AS TO WHERE THIS EVENT HAPPENED.

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SO, YOU BELIEVE

THAT IT IS POSSIBLE

THAT MOSES PARTING THE RED SEA

COULD HAVE BEEN MOSES PARTING THE NILE?

YES, I'VE LOOKED THIS UP WITH QUITE A FEW SCHOLARS,

AND THEY ALL AGREE THAT THE PHRASE YAM SUPH --

YAM MEANS SEA, SUPH MEANS REEDS.

CARL, YOU UNDERSTAND, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MOSES CROSSED THE RED SEA,

AND YOU TODAY ARE TELLING ME IT'S A MISTAKE,

AND IT WASN'T THIS RED SEA.

IT LITERALLY TRANSLATES TO "THE SEA OF REEDS."

AS A KID, I USED TO SING SONGS ABOUT PARTING THE RED SEA

AND HEARD ABOUT THESE STORIES, BUT IT IS A MISTRANSLATION

AND A MISINTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLICAL TEXT.

THIS REVELATION IS HUGE,

BECAUSE IT NOW PLACES MOSES' EXODUS

IN THE SAME RELATIVE LOCATION AS AKHENATEN'S.

INSTEAD OF CROSSING THE RED SEA,

WHICH IS MUCH FURTHER NORTH AND EAST,

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HE JUST CROSSED THE NILE.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT SPOT COULD BE THE SPOT

THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE MOSES OF THE BIBLE PARTING THE RED SEA.

CARL, IF I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND FIND THIS MYSELF,

WHAT EXACTLY AM I LOOKING FOR?

RIGHT, THEY WOULD GO ACROSS ON A SHALLOW FORD.

SO THE MAGIC COMBINATION IS A PLACE

WHERE THE NILE FLOWS EAST TO WEST,

IS LESS THAN 3 METERS DEEP,

AND A PLACE WHERE SANDBARS TYPICALLY FORM --

THAT WOULD BE THE PLACE TO LOOK.

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NOW THAT I KNOW THAT THE RED SEA IS ACTUALLY THE SEA OF REEDS,

THE BOOK OF EXODUS COULD ACTUALLY BE REFERRING

TO MOSES CROSSING THE NILE.

BUT ARE THERE ANY PARTS OF THE NILE

THAT MEET THE CONDITIONS CARL LAID OUT IN HIS RESEARCH?

HEADING NORTH FROM LUXOR, THERE ARE TWO SMALL SECTIONS

WHERE THE NILE FLOWS EAST TO WEST.

♪♪

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS, NATTAR?

LONG TIME. MAYBE 15 YEARS, 20 YEARS.

AND, NATTAR, IN ALL THE TIME YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS,

HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED A DAY

WHERE IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WINDY?

WHEN IT WAS REALLY WINDY, DID YOU NOTICE

THE WATER SPLITTING?

[ SPEAKS ARABIC ]

YES.

MOVING? YES.

LIKE THE RED SEA?

YES.

♪♪

Romany: WAS THE CONTROVERSIAL PHARAOH AKHENATEN

ACTUALLY MOSES OF THE BIBLE?

BOTH MEN FLED NORTH WITH THEIR FOLLOWERS

AND CROSSED A BODY OF WATER TO ESCAPE THE EGYPTIAN ARMY.

IF I FIND A PLACE WHERE THE NILE FLOWS EAST TO WEST

AND THE WATER IS SHALLOWER THAN 10 FEET,

THIS COULD BE AN INDICATION

THAT THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE NOT IN THE RED SEA,

BUT HERE ALONG EGYPT'S FAMED RIVER -- THE NILE.

♪♪

LOOK AT THIS.

THE SEA OF REED.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS, NATTAR?

LONG TIME. MAYBE 15 YEARS, 20 YEARS.

AND, NATTAR, IN ALL THE TIME YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS,

HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED A DAY

WHERE IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WINDY?

WHEN IT WAS REALLY WINDY, DID YOU NOTICE

THE WATER SPLITTING?

[ CONVERSING IN ARABIC ]

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SO, NATTAR HERE SAID THAT IT WAS VERY WINDY,

AND IN THE SHALLOW PARTS OF THE WATER,

HE SAID HE SAW THE WATER NEARLY OPENING UP.

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THIS IS A GOOD SPOT FOR US TO STOP

AND CHECK HOW DEEP THE NILE HERE IS.

HAVE YOU SEEN ONE OF THESE BEFORE?

THIS IS AN UNDERWATER DRONE.

THE NILE'S WATER IS MURKY,

SO THIS DRONE WILL HELP ME DETECT THE DEPTH

AND LOCATE ANY POSSIBLE SANDBARS.

ALL OVER THE NILE, THERE IS A SEA OF REEDS

THAT COMES OUT.

ONE LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN TRANSLATION --

THE RED SEA OR THE SEA OF REED

MEANS THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE WRONG PLACE

THIS WHOLE TIME.

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THE WATER IS QUITE MURKY.

I'M TRYING TO GET DEEPER,

BUT IT'S NOT EASY.

EGYPTOLOGISTS HAVE NOT FOUND ANY EVIDENCE OF THE EXODUS

HERE IN EGYPT YET,

BUT BECAUSE IN THE BIBLE, THE STORY IS SO DETAILED,

MOST EGYPTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE THE EXODUS HAPPENED.

AND IF AKHENATEN WAS THE MAN OF THE EXODUS --

IF HE TOOK HIS PEOPLE TO HIS NEW CAPITAL CITY,

AND THIS WAS THE EXODUS,

THEN THIS COULD BE THE ROUTE HE TOOK.

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I'M 4 1/2 METERS DEEP,

AND I HAVEN'T REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE NILE YET.

IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.

WE HAVE TO CHECK A DIFFERENT SPOT.

THE FIRST SPOT WE CHECKED WAS TOO DEEP

TO BE THE LOCATION FOR THE EXODUS CROSSING,

SO NATTAR IS TAKING ME FURTHER UP THE NILE.

HE KNOWS OF A PLACE JUST BEFORE THE RIVER TURNS NORTH

THAT MIGHT BE SHALLOWER

AND COULD BE THE LOCATION I'M LOOKING FOR.

HOW DEEP IS IT HERE?

THAT'S IT? YEAH.

THIS PART OF THE NILE IS VERY SHALLOW.

VERY SHALLOW.

LOOK.OH, THAT'S THE SOIL FROM HERE?

THIS -- THIS SAND RIGHT THERE?

SO, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, IT GETS TOO STUCK

THAT THEY NEED BOATS TO DIG UP THE SAND,

AND THEY THROW IT RIGHT THERE?YES.

WHICH MEANS THIS PART OF THE NILE IS PRONE TO SANDBARS.

THIS MONTH.

FROM WHAT NATTAR IS TELLING ME, THIS HAS TO BE THE PLACE.

BUT TO CONFIRM, I'LL NEED TO GET THE DRONE BACK INTO THE WATER

AND ACTUALLY FIND THOSE SANDBARS.

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GIVE ME MORE SLACK. MORE, MORE.

MORE?YEAH.

I'M AT 4 METERS DEEP.

WAIT, WAIT. WAIT A SECOND.

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OKAY, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP.

THE DRONE IS HITTING SOMETHING. I CAN'T SEE WHAT IT IS,

SO I'M TRYING TO POSITION US ON TOP OF IT.

THE CURRENT IS VERY STRONG.

OKAY. DO YOU SEE THIS?

IT'S A SANDBAR.

2 1/2 METERS DEEP, THERE IS A SANDBAR.

THAT'S ABOUT 8 FEET DEEP.

WHEN THE DISPLACED WALLS OF WATER CRASHED BACK TOGETHER,

IT WOULD HAVE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE

FOR THE EGYPTIAN ARMY TO CONTINUE THE PURSUIT.

THE SANDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NILE ARE CONSTANTLY SHIFTING.

THERE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN LONG SANDBARS IN THE SHALLOWS.

STRONG ENOUGH WINDS -- THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.

STRONG ENOUGH WINDS WOULD PART THE NILE INTO TWO,

AND IT WOULD ALLOW FOR A REED SEA CROSSING RIGHT THERE.

2 1/2 METERS DEEP IS THE PERFECT DEPTH.

IF THE WINDS ARE STRONG ENOUGH, HE OPENS UP --

IT OPENS UP INTO A BRIDGE.

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THIS IS ANOTHER VERY INTRIGUING OVERLAP

BETWEEN THE STORIES OF AKHENATEN AND MOSES.

AND WHILE REED SEA CROSSING IS SCIENTIFICALLY PLAUSIBLE,

WHAT I STILL WANT IS ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.

AND TO LOOK FOR THAT, I NEED TO GO TO THE PLACE

WHERE AKHENATEN WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE -- AMARNA.

THAT'S THE CAPITAL HE BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.

I RECONNECTED WITH DR. JAYNE VINE,

AND WE'RE HEADING TO AMARNA TO INVESTIGATE.

RIGHT THERE, AKHENATEN SAW THE SUN RISING

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLIFFS,

WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE SYMBOL OF GOD ATEN WAS.

AND THAT, HE BELIEVED, WAS GOD ATEN TELLING HIM,

"THIS IS YOUR LAND.

THIS IS YOUR NEW CAPITAL."

IN THIS SACRED PLACE WHERE NO OTHER GODS OR GODDESSES

HAD EVER BEEN WORSHIPPED HERE.

MANY HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT AKHENATEN RELOCATED

THE CAPITAL TO AMARNA

TO UNDERMINE THE PRIESTS OF THEBES,

BUT OTHERS INSIST THAT AKHENATEN WAS FORCED INTO EXILE

AND FLED NORTH WITH THE EGYPTIAN ARMY IN PURSUIT.

THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS PUNISHMENT FOR IMPOSING MONOTHEISM.

IF THIS VERSION IS CORRECT,

IT DOES SOUND A LOT LIKE THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF MOSES

LEADING HIS PEOPLE INTO THE EXODUS.

HERE IT IS -- THE ONE COLUMN AND A HALF

THAT IS LEFT FROM ALL THE CITY OF AMARNA.

ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT STRIKES ME AS I'M LOOKING AROUND

AND SEEING THAT THERE'S JUST NOTHING LEFT.

NOTHING LEFT. THEY HAVE DESTROYED IT.

THERE'S INCREDIBLE SECRETS.

IT'S A SOUTH TOMB.

MOST OF THESE TOMBS ARE NOW EMPTY,

INCLUDING THE TOMB AKHENATEN BUILT FOR HIMSELF HERE.

BUT I'VE GOT AN ACCESS TO THE TOMB

OF AKHENATEN'S ROYAL SCRIBE --

A TOMB THAT HASN'T BEEN OPENED FOR 50 YEARS.

THE ROYAL SCRIBE IS THE MOST TRUSTED ADVISOR TO THE KING

AND POSSIBLY KEPT ALL HIS SECRETS.

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THIS HAS NOT BEEN OPENED IN A LONG TIME.

HERE WE GO.

FLASHLIGHTS. LET'S GO.

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-LOOK AT THIS. -WHAT'S IN BEHIND.

THE FALSE DOOR.

YOU'RE GOING FIRST.[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]

YEAH, NO, I'M GOING FIRST, JAYNE, NO PROBLEM.

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ALL RIGHT, WATCH YOU HEAD. WATCH YOUR HEAD.

OH, LORD.

A ROYAL SCRIBE WAS THE KEEPER OF THE TEXTS.

LITTLE IS KNOWN OF AKHENATEN,

BUT HIS SCRIBE HAD ACCESS TO ALL THE PHARAOH'S SECRETS.

IF THERE IS A RECORD OF WHAT HAPPENED TO AKHENATEN,

IT IS IN THIS TOMB.

JAYNE, DO YOU SEE THIS?

YEAH. RIGHT THERE.

LOOK AT THAT.

HIEROGLYPHS.

OH, WOW.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE SCENES OF AKHENATEN AND NEFERTITI

PRESENTING OFFERINGS TO THE GODS.

THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE HE'S PRESENTING CARTOUCHES

WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS ON THEM.

IN JUDAISM, THE TABLETS

WERE THE WORDS OF GOD GIVEN TO MOSES.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE THE TABLETS GIVEN FROM GOD.

THESE CARTOUCHES READ...

[ SPEAKING ARABIC ]

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THIS, AND I'M PARAPHRASING,

MEANS THAT "I AM HOLDING THE WORDS OF GOD."

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THIS COULD EASILY BE DESCRIBING MOSES.

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Romany: CROSSING THE STREETS OF CAIRO, THERE'S A SCIENCE.

[ CAR HORNS BLARING ]YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE

AND EYE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVERS.

IF THEY SEE YOU IN THE EYE, THEY WILL NOT KILL YOU.

SO HERE'S HOW IT GOES.

DO NOT HESITATE WHILE CROSSING THE STREET,

OR ELSE THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST DAY.

LET'S GO. EYE CONTACT.

YOU STARE THEM IN THE EYE.

YOU TELL THEM I'M COMING.

THEY DON'T WANT TO KILL YOU IF THEY SEE YOU

WITH THE EYE CONTACT.

AND YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, AND YOU THANK THEM

BEFORE THEY KILL YOU, AND YOU'RE GOOD.

WE'RE SAFE AND SOUND

ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.

OFF TO THE MUSEUM.

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Romany: WE'RE DESCENDING INTO THE TOMB

WHERE AKHENATEN'S SCRIBE WAS BURIED.

HE KNEW THE PHARAOH'S SECRETS,

AND I'M LOOKING FOR ANY EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST

THAT AKHENATEN WAS MOSES OF THE BIBLE.

Romany: JAYNE, DO YOU SEE THIS?

Dr. Vine: YEAH.RIGHT THERE.

LOOK AT THAT.

HIEROGLYPHICS.HIEROGLYPHS.

OH, WOW.

THERE IS A LOT OF THESE SCENES OF AKHENATEN AND NEFERTITI

PRESENTING OFFERINGS TO THE GODS.

THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE HE'S PRESENTING CARTOUCHES

WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS ON THEM.

THESE CARTOUCHES READ --

THIS, AND I'M PARAPHRASING,

MEANS THAT "I AM HOLDING THE WORDS OF GOD."

IN STANDARD WORLD, CARTOUCHES WOULD HAVE NAMES OF GODS,

NAMES OF KINGS.

THESE CARTOUCHES DON'T.

"I'M HOLDING THE WORDS OF GOD."

THIS LITERALLY MEANS THE WORDS OF GOD.

AKHENATEN IS BASICALLY HOLDING THE WORDS OF GOD IN HIS HANDS.

THIS LOOKS TO ME LIKE AKHENATEN IS HOLDING THE TABLETS,

AND AKHENATEN IS MOSES.

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AFTER THE EXODUS, MOSES LED THE ISRAELITES TO MOUNT SINAI.

HE CLIMBED IT AND RECEIVED THE TABLETS

WITH THE WORD OF GOD INSCRIBED ON THEM -- THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

NO OTHER ANCIENT EGYPTIAN KING HAS THIS --

HOLDING THE TWO TABLETS.

AKHENATEN.

AKHENATEN HOLDING THE TABLETS IS AN ICONIC IMAGE OF MOSES.

IT IS EASY TO SEE HOW WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE STORY

COULD HAVE BECOME TWO.

BUT AS STRONG AS THIS CLUE IS,

I'D STILL LIKE SOMETHING TO CONFIRM IT,

SOMETHING ELSE FROM THIS PERIOD,

SOMETHING SUGGESTING THAT THESE TWO FIGURES WERE ONE MAN.

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I'M PARTING WAYS WITH JAYNE, HIKING INTO THE HILLS

TO SEE WHETHER THE ANCIENT CAPITAL'S BOUNDARY STELAE

MIGHT PROVIDE ONE LAST LINK BETWEEN AKHENATEN AND MOSES.

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MORE THAN 3,000 YEARS AGO,

AKHENATEN DECIDED TO LEAVE THE CAPITAL OF EGYPT

BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING HERE,

BECAUSE THERE WERE NO OTHER GODS THAT WERE WORSHIPPED HERE.

AND WHEN HE LANDED AND CHOSE IT AS HIS CITY,

HE CONSTRUCTED 15 OF THESE BOUNDARY STELAS

ALL AROUND THE CITY.

THESE HAD STORIES.

THIS STELAE, THE FIRST PART OF IT.

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HE WAS PROUD OF THIS NEW CAPITAL,

AND HE LISTED ON TOP, "HOW GREAT MY AMARNA CITY WILL BE."

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"THIS WILL BE THE CITY OF GREATNESS,

AND IT WILL LAST AS LONG AS HUMANS WILL."

THIS CITY ONCE SET ASIDE FOR HIM AND NO ONE ELSE,

AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR HIM

TO TAKE WHAT HIS GOD HAS PROMISED HIM.

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THE PROMISED LAND.

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THIS WAS AKHENATEN'S PROMISED LAND.

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AND THAT'S A STRIKING SIMILARITY.

DOES THAT MEAN MOSES' MUMMY IS LAYING SOMEWHERE

IN THE HALLWAY OF AN EGYPTIAN MUSEUM?

THE PROMISED LAND --

THAT'S WHERE MOSES WAS TRYING TO REACH.

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IN ARCHAEOLOGY, WE HAVE TO BE OPEN

TO WHATEVER TRUTH THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS,

EVEN IT CONTRADICTS

THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF THEORY AND BELIEF.

EACH INDIVIDUAL CLUE THAT I'VE UNCOVERED

IS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE ON ITS OWN,

BUT TAKEN ALTOGETHER,

IT'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR SCHOLARS

TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE IDEA THAT MOSES WAS AKHENATEN --

A PHARAOH OF THE 18th DYNASTY

THAT INTENDED TO TRANSFORM EGYPT AND PERHAPS THE WORLD

WITH HIS IDEAS ABOUT WORSHIPPING WHAT HE CALLED THE ONE TRUE GOD.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS THE MAN

WHO JEWS, CHRISTIANS, AND MUSLIMS CONSIDER

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROPHETS OF THEIR FAITHS?

THE ANSWER TO THIS 3,000-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY

MAY REST IN THE HALLS OF THE CAIRO MUSEUM

AMONG THE BONES OF THE DESECRATED MUMMY.