Mystery Of Yuya and Tuya

(Conspiracy Nation, 07/05/06) -- In 1905, in Egypt, the tomb of Yuya and Tuya was discovered. At left is the well-preserved mummy of Yuya, now located in the Cairo Museum. If evidence presented by Ahmed Osman is correct, this "Yuya" could be none other than the biblical Joseph, sold into Egyptian slavery by his jealous brothers.

Osman, author of The Hebrew Pharaohs Of Egypt, had become intrigued years ago by a line in Genesis: "...and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh." (45: 8). His subsequent research revealed a new perspective on the Exodus.

The story begins with the biblical Abram. He and his wife Sarai went to Egypt to escape famine. Sarai went disguised as Abram's sister. In Egypt, Sarai became wife to the Pharaoh, who did not know she was already married. From that union was born Isaac, who thereby is of royal Egyptian blood.

At this time also, "ha" was added to Abram's name, to denote majesty since his "sister" was married to the Pharaoh -- hence, Abra-ha-m. Sarai's name in turn became "Sarah," meaning "the queen."

Who was Isaac? He was the son of the Pharaoh, that's who. Why did Abra-ha-m really want to kill Isaac? Human sacrifice was not customary in those times, yet Abra-ha-m "heard a voice" telling him to "kill Isaac."

Another descendant of Abra-ha-m, via Ishmael, became the messenger of Islam. Muhammed (b. 570 A.D.) is possibly a truer offspring of Abra-ha-m than was Isaac's progeny, since Abra-ha-m may not actually have been Isaac's father.

Isaac was spared at the last minute, and went on to father Esau and Jacob. Although Esau was the first-born, Jacob tricked Isaac into giving him the blessing of the first-born; i.e., Jacob became first in the royal line.

Jacob's favored son, Joseph, was his chosen successor in the royal line. Joseph's "coat of many colors" might signify more than gaudy fashion. His jealous brothers sold him to Potiphar, an Egyptian official. Apparently unbeknownst to Potiphar was that Joseph was secretly of the Pharaohnic line.

How could Joseph have claimed to be a "father to Pharaoh"? If he were the great-grandson of Sarah and a previous Pharaoh, in a sense he would be "father to Pharaoh."

Consequent to the unearthing of Yuya's burial chamber in 1905, it was learned that Yuya also bore the unusual title, "Holy Father of the Lord of the Two Lands (Pharaoh)," in other words, "Father to Pharaoh." Thus far, this special title is connected in Egyptian history with no one except Yuya -- and Joseph (Yussuf).

Queen Tiye

Appointed vizier by the Pharaoh, Yussuf was handed a bride, Tuya, herself claiming royal blood, probably Egyptian. Their daughter, Tiye (image, right), married Amenhotep III and thereby became Queen Tiye.

Three of Queen Tiye's descendants became Pharaohs: Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), Semenkhkare, and Tutankhamen. Next to reign was Aye, Joseph's son, according to Osman's research.

But then came Horemheb, the "king who knew not Joseph." This begins, roughly, the Exodus period. Horemheb and his followers made a "concerted attempt" to erase all history of the so-called Amarna kings. The name of Akhenaten, for example, was mentioned only as "the scoundrel of Akhetaten (Amarna)."

Osman argues convincingly that the Israelites sojourned in Egypt no longer than 100 years. He places the Egyptian stay later than the Hyksos kings. Osman credits Tuthmosis IV (circa 1413 - 1405 B.C.) as the Pharaoh who selected Yuya (Joseph/Yussuf) to be vizier.

The Howard Carter who participated in the find of the Yuya/Tuya tomb, later, in 1922, discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun. (See "Curse Of King Tut," http://www.shout.net/~bigred/KingTut.html)

Osman closes with an eerie perception: that the current Arab/Israeli woes could be based upon an archetypal memory of Egyptian upheavals thousands of years old.

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