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archetypes or if the archeologists are mistaken. Two key factors help us
to understand this question. Firstly, it is widely thought that the Five
Books of Moses that form the Pentateuch and Old Testament derive from
King Solomon's time or shortly after. 40 The author, affectionately dubbed
J, would have been quite familiar with the near history of Israel and
particularly the temple of the city of Jerusalem. Given that archeological
evidence in Jerusalem and all of Judah and Israel does not conform to J's
description, literal interpretation is unwise.
One piece of evidence is conclusive in deciding that Biblical
accounts of King Solomon's Temple are fictional archetypes. This is that
Thutmose III plundered the legendary treasure of the Temple in
1480BCE. This is approximately five hundred and thirty years before
construction of King Solomon's Temple in 950BCE. Thutmose III
recorded his Palestine campaign and its spoils in a temple at Al-Karnak in
Egypt.
In 2134BCE, Egypt’s eleventh dynasty began building the
temples of Al-Karnak. Construction lasted for one thousand five hundred
years. Thutmose III's area records in bas-relief the same grand and
precious ornaments and furniture mentioned in the Bible. At odds with
this is the Bible, which says that David gave these things to Solomon. 41
The bas-relief shows the items and their quantities. 42 The top five rows of
the bas-relief are objects of gold, the next five rows show objects of silver
mingled with gold and precious stones. The lower rows show objects of
bronze and semiprecious stones.
The wealth is so extensive that it is easy to imagine it represents
hundreds of years of trading. Yet, these are only the sacral goods
presented to the Priests of Amun. Other Egyptian monuments attest to the
secular plunder retained by the Pharaoh and his viziers such as furniture
and chariots of gold and silver. The tomb of the vizier Rekhmire records
that Thutmose III transported the Israelite metallurgical and craftsman
skills to Egypt: 43
Bringing the Asiatic copper [-smiths] which his majesty captured
in the victories in Retenu … Making chests of ivory, ebony, … captives,
which his majesty brought for the works of the temple of Amon.
Various Rosicrucian orders such as the Brotherhood of the Rosie
Cross look to Thutmose III as their mystical patriarch and use Thutmose
III's cartouche in their symbols. There is some support for this claim as
Masonic symbols are apparent on Thutmose III's obelisk now located in
New York's Central Park. 44 Other Rosicrucian orders look back to an
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