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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on May 29, 2017, 08:57:30 PM

Title: Excavation reveals Canaanite revolt against Egypt in Jafffa
Post by: Duncan Head on May 29, 2017, 08:57:30 PM
Or so they reckon: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.748579
Title: Re: Excavation reveals Canaanite revolt against Egypt in Jafffa
Post by: Dangun on May 30, 2017, 03:54:04 AM
"Bent arrowheads and a massive destruction layer of burned mud-bricks found under the collapsed tower at the Ramesses Gate attest that the Canaanites bitterly opposed Egyptian rule in Jaffa."

Interesting. I am sure there could be more to it, but that alone is quite a leap of the imagination.
Title: Re: Excavation reveals Canaanite revolt against Egypt in Jafffa
Post by: Patrick Waterson on May 30, 2017, 08:52:41 AM
Popular Archaeology (http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/march-2013/article/the-egyptian-fortress-in-jaffa) is similarly unable to pin it down, conjecturing that it could be anything from Djehuty's capture of the city under Thutmose III to an incursion of 'Philistines' in the reign of Ramses III.

And everyone assumes the agency of destruction was human ...