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Flinders Petrie's prediction
In 1896, when a colleague slowly read out 'Is-ra-el' on a newly found stele, Petrie burst out in excitement and predicted it would be his most famous find.
He was right.
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He wrote about the moment to his wife Hilda, herself a respected Irish Egyptologist. Newspapers worldwide reported the earliest reference to Israel.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 37
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