RE: Archaeology Sticks It Up The Bible's Ass Again
October 2, 2012 at 11:58 pm
(This post was last modified: October 2, 2012 at 11:59 pm by Justtristo.)
(October 2, 2012 at 11:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The Sea People took out Mycenean Greece, Crete, Cyprus, probably "Troy" ( or whatever the locals called it) the Hittites, Ugarit, and despite the bullshit claims of Ramesses III they damn near took out Egypt and did end 4 centuries of Egyptian domination of Canaan.
They were real enough. Far more real than your "Israelites."
I have a theory that Mycenaean Greeks were a major component of the sea peoples, there are a lot of similarities between the material culture of the Philistines in Canaan and Mycenaean Greece. Although they did assimilate into the surrounding Canaanite culture to a high degree.
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