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Funny Olde World hunts for a real person inside the Moses story and lands on Akhenaten. The pharaoh, in this telling, tried to pull down the many god order and its gatekeeping priests by example rather than by a record of torture. The one power he wanted was the Aten, met without a priest in between. Old Kingdom reliefs already show it, so he is cast as someone reaching backward across a long cycle of ages, after a split of north and south and a later reunion. His birth name here is Amenhotep the fourth, changed once he ruled. A real official, Yuya, is set beside Joseph because the names sit close and because of dreams at court. On the Moses side a man called Ramos, a tomb scene of twelve groups, and a lost sea fight become the route by which Aten loyalists turn into Israel. The relief is read as propaganda that flips the biblical escape. No clear Moses, no clear departure, and little more than one stele. The comparison is a possible kernel, not a proof.
Key points
- Akhenaten is pictured dismantling priestly control in favor of a direct link with the Aten.
- The Aten is treated as an old power already carved in the Old Kingdom, not as his invention.
- His birth name in this account is Amenhotep IV, changed when he became king.
- Yuya, a historical official, is offered as a possible Joseph on the strength of name and court role.
- A figure called Ramos, plus a tomb scene of twelve groups, is the channel’s candidate for a Moses like leader of Aten loyalists.
- The talk admits that Egyptian records do not show a clear Moses or a clear mass departure.
Short quotes
the concept of this god aton was recorded way back in the third dynasty from the old kingdom
Funny Olde World, Akhenaten and the Moses comparison
The Aten, in this account, was already carved in the Old Kingdom, long before his reign. Watch at 3:05
his name was aman hotep the fourth technically but when he became pharaoh he changed his name to akhenaten
Funny Olde World, Akhenaten and the Moses comparison
The birth name given here is Amenhotep the fourth, replaced after he took the throne. Watch at 6:10
those people who left the atonists became later the 12 tribes of israel
Funny Olde World, Akhenaten and the Moses comparison
Aten loyalists who left, in this telling, later stand behind the tribes of Israel. Watch at 14:58
we don't have any historical reference for an exodus out of egypt
Funny Olde World, Akhenaten and the Moses comparison
He grants that Egyptian records show no clear mass departure of the biblical kind. Watch at 17:17
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