Smuggling a cat out of ancient Egypt was punishable by death. Phoenician traders eventually succeeded in smuggling felines, which they sold to rich people in Athens and other important cities.Smuggling a cat out of ancient Egypt was punishable by death. Phoenician traders eventually succeeded in smuggling felines, which they sold to rich people in Athens and other important cities.
While Egypt was largely damaged but withstood the attack, all the other nations were destroyed. Their history pillaged & made another's. This created a power vacuum! One nation rose from it: Israel led by the Hebrews at the same time as the sea peoples were resettled in the area. [VIDEO]While Egypt was largely damaged but withstood the attack, all the other nations were destroyed. Their history pillaged & made another's. This created a power vacuum! One nation rose from it: Israel led by the Hebrews at the same time as the sea peoples were resettled in the area. [VIDEO]
In all of the ancient past, only one group of people fit this description: The Hyksos who were expelled from Egypt. These people created a capital called Avaris, which blocked and taxed much trade into Egypt by land or sea. You could think of it as the ancient Suez Canal. :)In all of the ancient past, only one group of people fit this description: The Hyksos who were expelled from Egypt. These people created a capital called Avaris, which blocked and taxed much trade into Egypt by land or sea. You could think of it as the ancient Suez Canal. :)
The time between the Hyksos expulsion from Egypt (which would be the "Exodus" in the OT) and the Sea peoples is within one or two centuries however! This would have created a great deal of refugees. One other event is said to have happened around this time: The Trojan war.The time between the Hyksos expulsion from Egypt (which would be the "Exodus" in the OT) and the Sea peoples is within one or two centuries however! This would have created a great deal of refugees. One other event is said to have happened around this time: The Trojan war.
The Hyksos do sound similar to the sea peoples, but we cannot be so certain: The timelines do not quite align -- but only if we buy the supposed carbon-dating methodology used to time the sea peoples attack, supposedly 3300 years ago. The Hyksos attacked Egypt ~400 years earlier.The Hyksos do sound similar to the sea peoples, but we cannot be so certain: The timelines do not quite align -- but only if we buy the supposed carbon-dating methodology used to time the sea peoples attack, supposedly 3300 years ago. The Hyksos attacked Egypt ~400 years earlier.
Josephus, the inventor of Jewish history, cited Manetho in order to defend Jewish people. Manetho had attacked Moses as a misanthropic Shepard of "lepers"* and linked the Jews to the Hyksos who occupied a part of Egypt for 500 years before being expelled into Palestine.Josephus, the inventor of Jewish history, cited Manetho in order to defend Jewish people. Manetho had attacked Moses as a misanthropic Shepard of "lepers"* and linked the Jews to the Hyksos who occupied a part of Egypt for 500 years before being expelled into Palestine.
You might be wondering, what about the rest? Since Egypt survived, surely there is good material there. There you would be wrong. We know for a fact such material existed but was destroyed: Manetho wrote a highly cited work called Aegyptiaca, of which no copy survived.You might be wondering, what about the rest? Since Egypt survived, surely there is good material there. There you would be wrong. We know for a fact such material existed but was destroyed: Manetho wrote a highly cited work called Aegyptiaca, of which no copy survived.
Workers were striking in ancient Egypt, workers are striking today. If it didn’t work we’d have stopped at some point between the Bronze Age and now, don’t you think? Strike action has built reforms, revolutions, and nearly everything good we have in society that isn’t just a part of nature.
@senorblanxo.bsky.social remind me how long you visited Egypt?
