Monday, July 11, 2016

THERE REALLY WERE "PALESTINIANS" BEFORE THE ROMANS

That's what this National Geographic article claims:
Many researchers also tie the presence of the Philistines to the exploits of the Sea Peoples, a mysterious confederation of tribes that appears to have wreaked havoc across the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Late Bronze Age, in the 13th and 12th centuries B.C. A relief in the mortuary temple of pharaoh Ramses III depicts his battle against the Sea Peoples around 1180 B.C. and records the names of several of the tribes, among them the Peleset, who are featured with distinctive headgear and kilts.

Around this time, the Peleset may have settled in or around Ashkelon, which had already been a major Canaanite port on the Mediterranean Sea for centuries. They also set up rule in four other major cities—Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza—and the region became known in the Hebrew Bible as the land of the Palestu, the origin of the modern term "Palestine."

2 comments:

Ken Hoop said...

Do the Israelis (who are NOT the Ancient Israelites either in worship or DNA) own more of the Dems or of the GOP?


http://www.juancole.com/2016/07/clintonites-democratic-colonialism.html

Ken Hoop said...

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/07/palestinians-cornel-historic/

Clinton a bought off strumpet for Israel and Sanders, it can be argued a political cuckold.