A hieroglyphic copy of Ptolemy III's Canopus Decree

EGYPTIAN EPIGRAPHY: Archaeologists Discover Unique Hieroglyphic Version of Ptolemy III’s Canopus Decree.

The Canopus Decree was originally issued in 238 B.C. by a synod of priests convened in the city of Canopus, east of Alexandria. The priests gathered to honor King Ptolemy III, his wife Queen Berenice, and their daughter.

According to Dr. Hisham Hussein, Head of the Central Administration for Lower Egypt, the inscriptions celebrate the king and queen as “the beneficent gods” and detail their contributions to the Egyptian state and religion. ...

There are lots of Ptolemies and Berenices!

This Ptolemy, Ptolemy III, is mentioned in the Book of Daniel as "the branch from her roots." He was the brother of Berenice Syra, also referred to in Daniel 11. His wife, mentioned in the Canopus Decree, was Berenice II, who is not in the Bible.

They also had a daughter named Berenice! She also appears in the Canopus Decree, but not in the Bible.

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