We all know the charming story of exodus, when the Jews said they were responsible for 12 deadly plagues on Egypt and stole all the jewelry, but have any Egyptian Hieroglyphics been discovered that corroborate this story?
Chaz W
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There is not one single record of the Jews ever being in Egypt at all, let alone their exodus.
There is not one single mention of Moses or the chose people.
The bible does not mention which Pharaoh they were supposed to have left behind.
The bible says 2 million Jews (men, women, children, old people, cattle , goats) left Egypt - if that were to have happened it would have been an economic disaster.
Worst still, Archaeologists and Egyptologists don't even think that many slaves were ever used by the Egyptians.
The bible is not the truth.
Anonymous
Don't forget that 'the victors write history' It wouldn't seem very victorious to write about a slave population escaping, nor about medical problems, so any report would be probably a mere footnote. Anyway, how important were the Israelite slaves to the Egyptian economy? If not very important then their departure would scarcely be worth noting. We look at the story usually from the Jewish side, where an apparent victory was won.
Will
The entire Exodus story was contrived centuries later for religious purposes. There is ample textual evidence of the story's late creation. Moreover, there are no archeologists who support the notion of Exodus. Painstaking analysis of ancient Hebrew sites indicates that the Ancient Hebrews were an offshoot of the native Canaanite peoples. Their artifacts, language and customs all demonstrate a culture indigenous to that region with no outside influences.
Oh yes, and there is the small fact that there are no references to them in Egyptian writings.
no
There are about as much proof of the Jews in Egypt as there is of what Mohammad was supposed to have done, seen and experienced (speaking of the spiritual, not the "desert bandit historical", that HAS been proven).
Anonymous
No, because the whole Exodus story is manifestly impossible.
Exodus was written centuries later.
Same story with Noah and his boat: someone forgot to tell the Egyptians they all had been drowned.
You can use the bible, if you must, as spiritual guideline. Not as a history book.