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	Bible Query from Ezra
		Elephantine papyrii Cowley #30 (407 B.C.) The letter dictated by Jedaniah to Bagohi, the governor of Judha asking for help in rebuilding the temple of "YHW" in Elephantine.
		Many Jews lived in Elephantine in Egypt, according to Aramaic papyri and ostraca that mention the Sabbath and Passover, according to Persia and the Bible p.245-246.
		However, the time of Ezra and Nehemiah had to be under Artaxerxes I, because an Elephantine papyrus (Cowley #30) dated by the scribe as November 25, 407 B.C., mentions Sanballat [sn’blt], the governor of Samaria who is mentioned in Nehemiah.
	www.muslimhope.com /BibleAnswers/ezra.htm (5260 words)

	ipedia.com: Aswan Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In Nubian settlements they generally do not bother to roof all of the rooms in their houses.
		See also: Aswan Dam, Elephantine, Kitchener's Island, Nag Hammadi
		The Nile at Aswan, seen from Elephantine Island
	www.ipedia.com /aswan.html (175 words)

	The question of race
		It is now known that there was a replica of the Temple of Solomon which was built on Elephantine Island, in the Nile River near Aswan, Egypt, around 650 BC.
		The existence and activities of the Jewish colony at Elephantine are well documented by papyri which have been preserved.
		This date, the beginning of the 4th century BC, coincides with the date which Ethiopian oral tradition holds the Ark to have begun its journey up the Nile River to their country.
	www.ark-of-salvation.org /race.htm (9125 words)

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