Shishak
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| CHARACTER | |
| Shishak | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Birth | Egypt |
| Nationality |  Egyptian
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Profession(s) |
Egyptian pharaoh |
King Shishak or Shishaq was an Egyptian pharaoh who stole the Ark of the Covenant from Jerusalem around 980 BC and returned it to Tanis. There, on the advice of Userhet, his dream-interpreter, he buried the artifact within the Well of Souls to hide the Ark from the eyes of his sun god, Amun-Ra. Shishak then commissioned a Map Room from which Amun-Ra could know the Ark's location without the need to look at it.
Later the city was engulfed in a large sandstorm that lasted a year, described as the "wrath of God."
[edit] Appearances
- Raiders of the Lost Ark novel (Mentioned only)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (Mentioned only)
