The Sea Peoples were a group of tribes hypothesized to have attacked Egypt and other Eastern Mediterranean regions … See more

The concept of the Sea Peoples was first proposed by Emmanuel de Rougé, curator of the Louvre, in his 1855 work Note on Some Hieroglyphic Texts Recently Published by Mr. Greene, as an interpretation of the battles of … See more

The Medinet Habu inscriptions from which the Sea Peoples concept was first described remain the primary source and "the basis of virtually all significant discussions of them".
Three sepa… See more

Other Egyptian sources refer to one of the individual groups without reference to any of the other groups.
The Amarna letters, around the mid-14th century BC, including four relating to the Sea Peoples: … See more

The list of Sea Peoples groups include some which are securely identified and others which are not.
The Lukka people are known from numerous other Hittite and ancient Egyptian records. W… See more

• Hyksos
• Meryey
• Minoan civilization
• Tel Dor
• Thalassocracy… See more