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Marduk · 11-23-2002, 01:50 PM

I don’t know which other forum to post this question so I’m putting it here.
I was watching a show on ancient Rome and it seems the Roman Empire was plagued but crackpot Emperors, Nero, Caligula etc. Do any of you historians know if Egypt was plagued by nutty Pharaohs?
Akhenaten maybe, but all he did was move the capitol and start a new religion. Any real whakos like Nero or Mr. C?

Baidarka · 11-23-2002, 02:23 PM

Akhenaten not crazy enough for you? He destroyed the temples of the competing traditional egyptian religions. He killed the competing Preists. Started the Monothiestic plague that still rampages and threatens our world?
Not crazy enough?

Sarpedon · 11-23-2002, 02:59 PM

Nice to see another Akhenaten=Abraham believer here!

Also, there is Ramses II (so-called the great) who was fond of building things. He built all kinds of temples. He even put his name on things he didn't build. After his death, the records show that subsequent pharaohs didn't give nearly as much offerings to the temples as previous pharaohs. The evidence is good that Ramses II bankrupted his kingdom.

LordSnooty · 11-23-2002, 06:51 PM

The Egyptian royal family were inbred, so I doubt you'd find any that weren't a bit mental. Or didn't have twelve fingers/two heads.

Apart from Akhenaten however, there weren't any real characters that spring to mind. They were too stuffy and formal in Egypt. Rome had far more 'human' leaders.

Paul

Marduk · 11-24-2002, 03:32 PM

Thanks.

I didn't know Akhenaten had people killed, just knew he tried to erase all the old gods.

"Nice to see another Akhenaten=Abraham believer here!"

I just got the book "Moses & Akhenaten" by Ahmed Osman, he elaborates on this theory first suggested by Freud.

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11-23-2002, 02:23 PM	#2
Baidarka Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 590	Akhenaten not crazy enough for you? He destroyed the temples of the competing traditional egyptian religions. He killed the competing Preists. Started the Monothiestic plague that still rampages and threatens our world? Not crazy enough?

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Sarpedon Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Minnesota, the least controversial state in the le Posts: 8,446	Nice to see another Akhenaten=Abraham believer here! Also, there is Ramses II (so-called the great) who was fond of building things. He built all kinds of temples. He even put his name on things he didn't build. After his death, the records show that subsequent pharaohs didn't give nearly as much offerings to the temples as previous pharaohs. The evidence is good that Ramses II bankrupted his kingdom.

11-23-2002, 06:51 PM	#4
LordSnooty Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 211	The Egyptian royal family were inbred, so I doubt you'd find any that weren't a bit mental. Or didn't have twelve fingers/two heads. Apart from Akhenaten however, there weren't any real characters that spring to mind. They were too stuffy and formal in Egypt. Rome had far more 'human' leaders. Paul

11-24-2002, 03:32 PM	#5
Marduk Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: the 10th planet Posts: 5,065	Thanks. I didn't know Akhenaten had people killed, just knew he tried to erase all the old gods. "Nice to see another Akhenaten=Abraham believer here!" I just got the book "Moses & Akhenaten" by Ahmed Osman, he elaborates on this theory first suggested by Freud.

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