I have to say, that was pretty smart to use the river to get inside the city. Sort of like the legend of the Trojan Horse, whether it’s a fairy tale or not. To me, what Cyrus did was more ingenious than the Trojan Horse because he used nature. I know You created everything and […]
Jeremiah 50 -The Prophecy Against Babylon & Herodotus and the Fall of Babylon Read More »
People seem to admire Alexander the Great, but they despise Adolf Hitler when they both killed people for the sole purpose of controlling the world. I don’t admire either. The people I admire are Martin Luther, “The Jews and Their Lies,” John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” and George Muller (the man that first started orphonages), “Autobiography of
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I have to admit, Hophra wasn’t that interesting or exciting, but I had to know about him because Amasis had been his general and his palace had been excavated at Memphis. Amasis was considered to be the last Pharaoh of Egypt before Alexander the Great stopped by for a visit and ruined all his fun.
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I haven’t found any information about Pharaoh Amasis that makes him any worse than any other Egyptian Pharaoh, other than the fact that he didn’t walk with You. It’s kind of creepy that some of the blocks that Egypt gave Memphis came from the palace of Pharaoh Amasis, and the pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee, is
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The name “Memphis” (Greek origin) means “something beautiful” and possibly “established” as well. About 10 years ago I was in Memphis, Tennessee (not the one mentioned above), and it certainly did live up to its name sake, it was a filthy city. But I find this somewhat interesting: The city of Memphis, Tennessee, has always
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