Alexander the Great had the Power and Authority to Put His Name in Egyptian Temples. Ordinary People Could Not Have Done That.
Kevin R. Henke
September 15, 2022
In Henke (2022b), I summarize my conclusions on Alexander the Great:
“When looking at the archeological evidence in total, Mr. Lundahl also needs to ask himself why a Greek name (Alexandros) was inscribed numerous times in temples in Egypt, mentioned as a king in bureaucratic documents from central Asia, his military exploits discussed in Babylonian tablets and his name on countless coins spread throughout the region. Even without the five ancient histories, it’s obvious that there was a king named Alexander living in the 4th century BC that had a lot of wealth and power that extended from Greece and Egypt into Central Asia as demonstrated in Henke (2022a). The people in Egypt were simply not going to allow just any individual to walk into their temples and inscribe his name and image on at least 22 places (Bosche-Puche and Moje 2015). No one would put the name Alexandros on countless coins from India to the Mediterranean unless a powerful leader paid for it and had the power to enforce the order. Meanwhile, Mr. Lundahl can’t find a shred of evidence to support his belief in a Talking Snake and Moses.” [my emphasis]
Lundahl (2022p) then comments on the bolded section:
“The Egyptian temples are perfectly compatible with there being a pagan deity (which Alexander was too).”
And how did Alexander become a “pagan deity” in the eyes of the Egyptians? How did he earn that status? The Egyptian priests and governing authorities simply were not going to allow anyone coming off the street, claiming to be a god, and carving his name 22 or more times in their temples. The individual had to have wealth and power to do that. These inscriptions, as well as other archeological evidence, indicate that Alexander was a powerful man.
Reference:
Bosch-Puche, F. and J. Moje. 2015. “Alexander the Great’s Name in Contemporary Demotic Sources”: Journal of Egyptian Archeology, v. 101, pp. 340-348.