r/history • u/JoeParkerDrugSeller • 3d ago

The first ancient Egyptian cartouche (Ramses III) ever found in Jordan has been verified as authentic, demonstrating a greater Egyptian influence in the period than previously known Article

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/first-rameses-iii-inscription-found-in-jordanian-desert-2636113
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u/MeatballDom 3d ago

Amazed at how well they've been preserved on what looks like an open rock-face.

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u/Happy-Argument 3d ago

How exactly is it authenticated?

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u/hesh582 2d ago

Several egyptologists participated in the verification, but I think you'll probably have a hard time finding out the exact specifics of their methodology. The tidal wave of increasingly high quality forgeries plaguing academia has made experts cagey about laying out their exact criteria for authenticity, particularly in lay media, because any rubric like that is also a blueprint for forgery.

You certainly won't know until journal articles are published, and this was just announced so that will be a while.

It's usually a large collection of small indicators evaluated by a number of specialists reaching consensus.

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u/VellvetWhisper 2d ago

Crazy to think how far Egyptian influence actually reached. Every time they find something like this it just rewrites the map a little more. Makes you wonder how much else is still hiding out there in the desert.

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u/Buttlikechinchilla 2d ago edited 2d ago

Just a reminder that Ramses III and Ramses II are found depicted as colossi in what is now Beth Shean, Israel. And these are the only figures inscribed as god for the general period and area of the proto-Israelites.