WHERE SHOULD THE LAND BATTLE OF RAMSES III WITH THE SEA PEOPLES BE LOCATED?
https://doi.org/ 10.18384/2310-676X-2017-1-33-40
Abstract
Based on inscriptions of Ramses III from Medinet Habu, the author locates the place of land battle between the Egyptian forces and the Sea Peoples somewhere on the border of Egyptian influence in Lebanon. In his opinion, this can be proved by the fact of non-mentioning Palestinian toponyms in inscriptions of Ramses III in connection with the Sea Peoples and evidence that Amurru was the last point which was reached by the Northerners. In author’s opinion, the goal of Asiatic campaign of Ramses III against the Sea Peoples was defense of Byblos and other Egyptian vassal city-states on Phoenician shore. The sea battle between the Egyptians and the Sea peoples should be placed separately from the land battle. It seems to be somewhere in the eastern Delta.
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