Ol Doinyo Lengai (“Mountain of God”) in Tanzania, erupting in 2008. Image credit: Cessna 206 from Africa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Introduction
In 2015, thousands of graves of children and teens from biblical-era Egypt were found at the archaeological site of Tell el-Amarna, once the capital city of the monotheistic pharaoh Akhenaten. The skeletons showed signs of heavy labor, and had been wrapped only in rough matting before being dumped into the ground. Their families were unknown.
A Times of Israel reporter, Amanda Borschel-Dan, asked Amarna Project director Barry Kemp whether these skeletons could be the remains of Israelite slaves under Pharaoh.
His answer was a quick no.
