240: Merneptah vs the Sea Peoples (and Odysseus, and the Hittites)
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240: Merneptah vs the Sea Peoples (and Odysseus, and the Hittites)

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 18, 202637 min
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As the Libu war wound down, Merneptah's troops took captives and plundered the bodies of fallen warriors. Along the way, we also hear of "foreign peoples of the Sea," who were involved in these events. Merneptah mentions Sherden, Lukka, Tursha, Ekwesh, and Shekelesh. Who were these "Sea Peoples" and why were they coming to Egypt? Music: Keith Zizza, Luke Chaos. We're on YouTube! Ancient history media @dominicperryae and the podcast (plus bonus lectures) @historyegyptpodcast Support the show and get bonus content at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast Transcript and references at www...

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Pharaoh's victorious arm, or neck at Aya, had smote their foe, a vast coalition of

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Hello, and welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast, episode 240, Muneptar vs the Sea Peoples, and Odysseus, and the Hetites. In the summer of 1221 BCE, the banks of the Nile River were stained with blood. Corpses floated in waterways, weapons splattered with gore, lay amid reeds and rushes.

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Across a battlefield in the Western Delta, Egyptian soldiers gathered corpses of their enemies. They hacked off limbs, stripped armour, and collected valuables. Nearby, piles of ash marked the smoking remains of a vast encampment.

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Tents burned to the ground, trampled underfoot, and buried in the dust. Pharaoh's victorious arm, or neck at Aya, had smote their foe, a vast coalition of tribes from the western highlands. The leaders were dead. Many of them pierced on stakes, aligning the western roads. Now other soldiers gathered captives. They bound the arms of men,

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