Fox News & The New York Post Cover the Moses Inscription Story
Oldest written reference to Moses may be revealed in ancient Egyptian desert inscriptions, researcher says
American-Israeli researcher translates 3,800-year-old inscriptions that may predate the Bible by centuries
This Fox News article, which you can read here, was written by Andrea Margolis and was published August 18, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
Ancient Egyptian desert inscriptions may reveal oldest known reference to Moses, researcher says
This is the title that appeared in today’s New York Post, but on closer inspection, it turned out to be a reprint of Andrea Margolis’ Fox News piece with an alternative title. This version was released on Aug. 18, 2025, 2:28 PM EDT and can be found here.
New Evidence for a Historical Moses, by Shane Rosenthal
If you’d like to read an article I wrote on this topic this past May, you can find it here. Also, below you’ll find a link to The Humble Skeptic episode that featured a lengthy conversation with Mori Michael Bar-Ron, the American-Israeli researcher who discovered these inscriptions and who featured in these articles.
Related Episodes
The Sinai Inscriptions, Episode #71 with Michael Bar-Ron
Did The Exodus Ever Happen? Episode #69 with David Rohl
Questioning Conventional Wisdom (1), Episode #13 with David Rohl
Questioning Conventional Wisdom (2), Episode #14 with David Rohl
Locating Golgotha, Episode #17 with David Rohl
Babylon, Episode #66
The Jesus of History, Episode #12
Faith Founded on Facts, Episode #15 with John Lennox
Did Josephus Ever Mention Jesus? Episode #77 with T.C. Schmidt
Related Articles
This is From Moses: Newly Imaged Sinai Inscriptions, The Jerusalem Post
Mysterious Message from Moses, The Daily Mail
The World of Josephus, Shane Rosenthal
The Date of John’s Gospel, Revisited, Shane Rosenthal
The Implications of 70 AD on the Date of the Gospels, Shane Rosenthal
A Pre-70 Date for The Gospels & Acts, Views Across the Centuries
A Pre-70 Date for Revelation? Shane Rosenthal
A Cuneiform Cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar II, Shane Rosenthal
Simon of Cyrene: An Archaeological Discovery, Shane Rosenthal
An Archaeological Discovery Related to Luke? Shane Rosenthal
Water Into Wine: An Archaeological Assessment, Shane Rosenthal
The Golden Calf, David Rohl
The Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet, Michael S. Bar-Ron
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06 Did the Exodus Ever Happen?
07 Faith Founded on Facts
08 Christian Narcissism
09 What Did the Earliest Christians Believe?
10 Locating Golgotha
11 In The Beginning Was the Word
12 The Angel of Yahweh
13 Dealing with Doubt
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15 Death, Ghosts & Views of the Afterlife
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17 The Intersection of Church & State
18 Greg Koukl on Blind Faith
19 Reconciling the Resurrection Accounts
20 Authenticating the Book of Acts
21 Decoding the Prophecies of Daniel
22 The Galatian Controversy
23 John Lennox on Evil & The Challenge of AI
24 Signs of the Messiah
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