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Mykenai

This peculiar grave marker from Mykenai has been interpreted in several ways ... the official explanation from the curators at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens is that it represents a battle of some sort with the man in the chariot fighting the foot soldier holding a club or sword ... the wavy lines above and below the figures are purely decorative and have no literal meaning. The esoteric explanation comes from Simcha Jacobovici in his History Channel special, Decoding the Exodus ... Mr. Jacobovici claims that there were Greeks with the Israelites when they fled Egypt and that they settled in Mykenai and were the ancestors of Atreus and Agamemnon ... following this logic, Mr. Jacobovici insists that this stone is a representation of Moses, holding his staff, fleeing from the Egyptian chariots. The wavy lines above and below the figures represents the parted sea as the Israelites escape the Egyptians. This is the first of two stones on display at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

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