Sea Peoples
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The Sea Peoples is a phrase used to describe an unidentified seafaring confederation or group of tribes hypothesized to have attacked Egypt and other Eastern Mediterranean regions around 1200 BC durin
This scene from the north wall of Medinet Habu is often used to illustrate the Egyptian campaign against the Sea Peoples, in what has come to be known as the Battle of the Delta (c. 1175 BC), during the reign of Ramesses III. While accompanying hieroglyphs do not name Egypt's enemies, describing them simply as being from "northern countries", early scholars noted the similarities between the hairstyles and accessories worn by the combatants and other reliefs in which such groups are named.
The Abishemu obelisk, includes the words "Kwkwn ś: Rwqq" translated as "Kukun, son of Lukka"
Harbour town Gibala-Tell Tweini (Ugarit kingdom) and the Sea People destruction layer.
Gibala-Tell Tweini. Storage jars found in the Early Iron Age destruction layer.
Story of Wenamun
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The Story of Wenamun is a literary text written in hieratic in the Late Egyptian language. It is only known from one incomplete copy discovered in 1890 at al-Hibah, Egypt, and subsequently purchased i
Second (final) page of the papyrus
The Story of Wenamun's original papyrus, now located in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
The described route of Wenamun (placenames in German)