National Geographic explores notable biblical figures in our ongoing series People in the Bible, as part of our coverage of the history of the Bible and the search for sacred texts. The Egyptian ...

A key moment in Christianity, Islam and Judaism which requires a certain amount of faith to believe could have happened — now ...

Although the Bible does not name the pharaoh who interacted with Moses in the Book of Exodus, most scholars believe that the text references Ramesses. Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary-General ...

How the shepherds upended Egyptian power. Those familiar with the Bible know how to imagine Pharaoh of Exodus: heart-hardened as he heard from Moses and Aaron, “Let my people go.” However ...

The Biblical Book of Exodus states that God told Prophet Moses that God would harden Pharaoh’s heart from the start. (Exodus 4:21). After this prediction, God gives Pharaoh five opportunities to ...

Pharaoh’s daughter’s coming down and seeing a baby crying is mirrored by God’s actions in Exodus’ third chapter, which has Him telling the now adult Moses “I have indeed seen the misery ...

According to Jewish tradition, the Israelites settled in Egypt in 1,655 BCE, and the Exodus took place in 1445 BCE. Jewish chronologists believe the Pharaoh who enslaved the Israelites was ...

A fortress from the reign of the Egyptian pharaoh, popularly although not definitively associated with the book of Exodus when the Israelites were enslaved, has been discovered by archaeologists.

In a joint scientific project led by researchers from Egypt and England, the mummy of Ramses II was “digitally unwrapped,” allowing historians to observe the famous pharaoh at the time of his ...