About this episode

The episode discusses Merneptah's military actions against the Sea Peoples and their significance in ancient history.

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.egyptianhistorypodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dominic Perry

Topics covered

• Merneptah
• Sea Peoples
• Ancient Egypt
• Libu war
• Hittites
• Odysseus
• Military history

Keywords

• Merneptah
• Sea Peoples
• Egypt
• Libu war
• Hittites
• Odysseus
• Ancient history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Keith Zizza, Luke Chaos

Places: Egypt, Sherden, Lukka, Tursha, Ekwesh, Shekelesh

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