The first probable instance of the name "Israel" in the archeological record, found on The Merneptah Stele, a black granite slab, 10 ft high, with an inscription of the Ancient Egyptian king Merneptah (1213 to 1203 BCE). The text is largely an account of his victory over the Libyans and their allies, but the last few lines deal with a separate campaign in Canaan, then part of Egypt's imperial possessions, Discovered at Thebes, now housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.The first probable instance of the name "Israel" in the archeological record, found on The Merneptah Stele, a black granite slab, 10 ft high, with an inscription of the Ancient Egyptian king Merneptah (1213 to 1203 BCE). The text is largely an account of his victory over the Libyans and their allies, but the last few lines deal with a separate campaign in Canaan, then part of Egypt's imperial possessions, Discovered at Thebes, now housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The first probable instance of the name "Israel" in the archeological record, found on The Merneptah Stele, a black granite slab, 10 ft high, with an inscription of the Ancient Egyptian king Merneptah (1213 to 1203 BCE). The text is largely an account of his victory over the Libyans and their allies, but the last few lines deal with a separate campaign in Canaan, then part of Egypt's imperial possessions, Discovered at Thebes, now housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.