Ahmed Osman
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Ahmed Osman (born 1934) is an Egyptian-born author, most noted for identifying the Semitic-born Egyptian official Joseph with the Egyptian official Yuya, and for asserting the identification of Hebrew liberator Moses with the Egyptian monotheist pharaoh Akhenaten.
Born in Cairo in 1934, Osman was a law student at Cairo University before becoming a journalist. He moved to London in 1964. He became interested in possible links between the Bible and recent archeological discoveries in Egypt, looking for possible reasons for the historical tension between Egypt and Israel.
His first major discovery was to identify Joseph (of the famed Coat of Many Colors) as the father-in-law of Amenhotep III, Yuya. In 1987 this discovery became his first book Stranger in the Valley of the Kings.
Works
- Stranger in the Valley of the Kings: Solving the Mystery of an Ancient Egyptian Mummy (1987)
- alternate edition: Stranger in the Valley of the Kings: The Identification of Yuya as the Patriarch Joseph (1988)
- alternate edition: Hebrew Pharaohs of Egypt: The Secret Lineage of the Patriarch Joseph (2003)
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