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*The sacking of [[Thebes]] in 664 B.C. by [[Ashurbanipal]], king of [[Assyria]], in response to a revolt led by [[Pharaoh Taharka]].  Written records left behind by [[Babylonian]], Assyrian, and Egyptian sources make this date absolute.

*The sacking of [[Thebes]] in 664 B.C. by [[Ashurbanipal]], king of [[Assyria]], in response to a revolt led by [[Pharaoh Taharka]].  Written records left behind by [[Babylonian]], Assyrian, and Egyptian sources make this date absolute.

*The claim of the Eber Payrus of a fixed date of either 1542 B.C. or 1517 B.C. for the rising of the star [[Sirius]] in the ninth year of [[Amenhotep I]].

*The claim of the Eber Payrus of a fixed date of either 1542 B.C. or 1517 B.C. for the rising of the star [[Sirius]] in the ninth year of [[Amenhotep I]].

*The identification of Shoshenq I of the 22nd Dynasty as the Biblical [[Shishak]], recorded in 1 Kings 14:25,26 and 2 Chronicles 12:2-9 as the conqueror of [[Jerusalem]] when [[Rehoboam]] was king of Judah.

*The identification of Shoshenq I of the [[22nd Egyptian Dynasty|22nd Dynasty]] as the Biblical [[Shishak]], recorded in 1 Kings 14:25,26 and 2 Chronicles 12:2-9 as the conqueror of [[Jerusalem]] when [[Rehoboam]] was king of Judah.

*And the identification of 19th Dynasty pharaoh [[Ramesses II]] as the either the pharaoh of the oppression, or as the pharaoh of [[the Exodus]].

*And the identification of 19th Dynasty pharaoh [[Ramesses II]] as the either the pharaoh of the oppression, or as the pharaoh of [[the Exodus]].