The AJA is seeking to suppress Palestinian identification with the country … for political purposes from an exhibition entitled Ramses and the Gold of the Pharoahs.
The Australian Museum, Sydney, is currently hosting an exhibition entitled Ramses and the Gold of the Pharoahs.
A controversy – in one sense a little controversy, but in another sense a not so little controversy – is presently occurring over a description of one of the exhibits. The subject exhibit contained the following:
Ramses the Warrior
As a very young army captain, Ramses escorted his father, Seti, into battle. In his teens, Ramses was second in command, fighting alongside Seti in Libya and Palestine.
The Australian Jewish Association (AJA) took umbrage at the use of the word ‘Palestine’, claiming that the name” wasn’t invented until thousands of years later”. Given that Ramses reigned in Egypt in the 13th Century BCE,........