>>22713264So a piratical raid for loot that wrecked and destroyed settlements in Egypt by Mycenaean pirates doesn't seem all that unlikelym.
The evidence for the Sea Peoples invasions and subsequent settlement in Phoenicia come from Egyptian inscriptions and tablets by Ramesses II, Merneptah, Ramesses III and Onomasticon of Amenope.
The tribes that are identified by the Egyptians are:
>DenyenDanaan, Danaoi, Danuna, Danites, etc. Almost all sources indicate Greek/Mycenaean origin, though there is possibly association with the Adana people of Cilicia in Anatolia. The Bible suggests the Tribe of Dan (Phoenicians) settled in Greece and brought their alphabet with them, which is semi-plausible.
>EkweshAkwash, Ahhiyawa, Achaoi, Achaeans, etc. Pretty much inarguably Greeks, but the evidence seems to suggest that at least some early Greeks practiced circumcision, which is hardly impossible but odd on such a scale.
>PelesetPhilistines. Sources attest that they were not native to Canaan/Palestine, but arrived there from the West, and their attendant visual depictions and descriptions suggest Greek origin, and they have been identified with the Pelasgians of Homeric literature, and the Bible claims they were Cretans/Minoans.
>TeresPossible Trojans: one Hittite word for Troy was "Taruisa". Alternatively, possible Tyrsenians/Tyrrhenians, a non-Greek people from Italy, identified with Etruscans. Last possibility is the Tarsus in Anatolia.
>TjekerTeucri people, possibly descendants of the hero Teucer of the Trojan war who founded a settlement on Cyprus. Possibly "of Acco", a city belonging to the Israelite king Manessah.
>WesheshLikely Trojans, when associated with the Hittite name for Troy (which in Greek is Ilium -> Ilios-> Wilios) "Wilusa".
