This paper examines biases in “Sea Peoples” research, questioning traditional conclusions and associations with biblical narratives. It challenges assumptions about the “Sea People” migration, material culture, and timeline by reexamining the use of the term “cut off” regarding the Sea Peoples’ situation, historical intricacies surrounding the fall of the Hittite Empire, the date of Ramesses…
Cretans in the Levant
Decoupling the Philistine settlement in the Levant from its Cretan connotations makes a check of the historical and archaeological record for evidence for earlier Cretan colonization, separate from the Sea People´s invasion, necessary. The paper identifies a sizable group of Cretan artifacts produced in a Levant setting beginning with the Middle Bronze Age. It can…