The Sea Peoples and Their Contributions to Civilization, Avner Raban and Robert R. Stieglitz, Biblical Archaeology Review (17:6), Nov/Dec 1991
A famous Egyptian relief has, like the Bible, contributed to the unfavorable light in which the Sea Peoples are viewed—the well-known battle scene between the Egyptians and the Sea Peoples depicted by Ramesses III (1182–1151 B.C.E.) on the walls of his mortuary temple at Medinet Habu (part of the Theban necropolis) in Upper Egypt.
New archaeological data, however, require us to reevaluate this unflattering portrait. Much recent data suggests that the Sea Peoples were a constructive element in the Levant. The fact is that the Sea Peoples brought exciting technological advances to the Canaanite world in which they settled.
That, in short, is the burden of this article.
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