Sea Peoples
The Sea Peoples are supposed to be a seafaring confederation that attacked ancient Egypt and other parts of the East Mediterranean. The time was before and during the Bronze Age collapse (1200–900 BC).[1]
During the Bronze age collapse, archeological evidence shows the destructions of many cities on the coastlines of the Levant and the Aegean Sea. That may have been caused by invaders from the sea. The exact origins and cultures of the attackers are unknown and so historians call them the Sea Peoples.
Some sources say that they used iron weapons, which the Bronze Age cultures had not yet seen. The cities that they attacked allows one to infer that they were probably naval-based.
Sea Peoples Media
A carved relief from the Kadesh inscriptions showing Shasu spies being beaten by Egyptians
The Abishemu obelisk, includes the words "Kwkwn ś: Rwqq" translated as "Kukun, son of Lukka"
Bronze model of a nuraghe. 10th century BC
Warrior wearing a boar's tusk helmet, from a Mycenaean chamber tomb in the Acropolis of Athens, 14th–13th century BC.
References
- ↑ Killebrew, Ann E. 2013. The Philistines and other "Sea Peoples" in text and archaeology. Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and biblical studies. ISBN 978-1-58983-721-8