Yam Supf = "Reed Sea" not "Red Sea" a little fuckup that doesn't even slow xtians down in their rampant desire to believe utter bullshit.
Anyway, this is not the web site I saw which gave a translation of a document/inscription on the subject but it gets the point across.
http://ib205.tripod.com/ahmose_1_1.html
As noted earlier, this set the stage for 4 centuries of Egyptian occupation of Canaan. However, look at it from the Canaanite point-of-view. Here they are negotiating in good faith to give up Avaris and go back home when the king comes back and sets after them. Gee? Where have I heard this story before? Don't you suppose that embittered Canaanites might have sat around their fires bitching about the duplicity of the Egyptians? So 1,000 years later someone takes the tale, tweaks it a bit and you get this glorious bullshit tale about how 'god' saved them. Some people will believe anything, as our resident fundies prove every day.
Anyway, this is not the web site I saw which gave a translation of a document/inscription on the subject but it gets the point across.
http://ib205.tripod.com/ahmose_1_1.html
Quote:Ahmose I slowly drove the Hyksos back to their capital Avaris (location on one of the eastern branches of the Nile in Lower Egypt), once here Ahmose laid siege to the city. Ahmose had troubles of his own with his kingdom, he left the siege of Avaris in the control of his military commanders so that he was free to placate a rebellion in the Theban region. When Ahmose returned to Avaris he found that negotiations had been taking place between the Hyksos and his military commanders the Hyksos were allowed to leave Egypt gracefully in return for surrendering the city (1532 BC).
...However, Ahmose was not going to let his enemy escape so easily the Egyptian army pursued the Hyksos people into southern Palestine to Sharuhen. The city was put under siege by the Egyptians, after three years the Hyksos once more fled this time into Syria. Again the Egyptians followed, but Ahmose finally returned home to Egypt.
As noted earlier, this set the stage for 4 centuries of Egyptian occupation of Canaan. However, look at it from the Canaanite point-of-view. Here they are negotiating in good faith to give up Avaris and go back home when the king comes back and sets after them. Gee? Where have I heard this story before? Don't you suppose that embittered Canaanites might have sat around their fires bitching about the duplicity of the Egyptians? So 1,000 years later someone takes the tale, tweaks it a bit and you get this glorious bullshit tale about how 'god' saved them. Some people will believe anything, as our resident fundies prove every day.
