The earliest scene of Canaanites in an Egyptian painting. 1900 BCE
Beni Hasan rock tomb in Al- Minya governorate.It shows a group of west Asiatic nomadic people labelled as Aamu led by a man called Abisha the leader with an ibex with the title hka swt ( ruler of the hill lands) considered the forerunners of the Hyksos, While they are bringing offerings to the deceased Khnumhotep the chief of the oryx nome of ancient Egypt. upon the figure of Abisha are the characters of Hyksos with the crook or hka means ruler and the hill land or swt .These could be identical with the Amorites . when we have two consecutive A the word Aamu can be read Aramu ( arameans) . The prohet Abraham could have been related to them identified with Abisha . Aramo associated to Abraham through the name given to him in the Bible Abraham the wandering Aramean. (LOVINGEGYPT.COM)
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