Original Historical Documents
These two images compare a Persian relief of King Darius II (424-404 BC) seated on the throne to an Egyptian relief depicting Ramses III seated on a throne noting the numerous similarities. Both kings face the same direction and the throne is carried by unproportional small men while they themselves hold a staff or symbol of their royalty at the same angle in fron of them. Behind them, in the case of Darius, stands his vizier or a highly placed courtier while behind Ramses stands a deity wearing a plumed crown. The kings sit inside a pillared and covered box whose ceiling rim has a similarly patterned decorative design. In front of the king is a foot stool. Overall the Persian art work seems to be of a far superior quality in detail and its execution in high relief. The Egyptian example is only outlined in the rocks with simple lines leading us to conclude that it is the copy and that Darius workmen produced the original.
Consider this: If Ramses III reigned from about 1182-1151 BC then almost 750 years separate the year of their deaths. In the revision here defended, however, only 43 years, 404-361=43, in other words both were contemporaries in the case of Ramsesses in his younger years.
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