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Tukuler is bemoaning the quality of the discourse here at ES - justifiably so.
He wants AE as the subject matter, but I just have no further interest there. BUT, I do have some unfinished business with the Philistines - never really got a good understanding of them.
As you should know, the Philistines are believed to have been Cretans who were a part of the "Sea Peoples" invasion of Egypt circa 1100 B.C.
After Rameses III defeated them, he allowed them to settle in Canaan.
Before that, Cretans - along with Egyptians - built the first modern city in Greece, called Mycenae, which evolved into the Mycenaean civilization.
The connection between Mycenaean culture and Philistine culture was made clearer by finds at the excavation of Ashdod, Ekron, Ashkelon, and more recently Gath, four of the five Philistine cities in Canaan. The fifth city is Gaza. Especially notable is the early Philistine pottery, a locally made version of the Aegean Mycenaean Late Helladic IIIC pottery, which is decorated in shades of brown and black. This later developed into the distinctive Philistine pottery of the Iron Age I, with black and red decorations on white slip known as Philistine Bichrome ware.
Biblically - The Philistines are known as the sworn enemies of Israel - of David and Goliath fame.
The Philistine cities lost their independence to Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria by 732 B.C, and revolts in following years were all crushed. They were subsequently absorbed into the Babylonian and Persian empires, and disappear as a distinct group by the late 5th century B.C.
Hanunu of Gaza, shown on his knees in front of Tiglatpileser III, formally submits to the king of Assyria. Stone relief from the wall decoration of Tiglatpileser's palace at Kalhu. British Museum
(Those of you interested in Philistia, save these images, there are precious few Philistine images in existence).
Mike111 Member # 9361
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More Philistia coins:
In looking at the tiles from the palace of Ramses III, it seems that one of these is probably a depiction of a Philistine.
Tukuler Member # 19944
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No he doesn't want AE as the subject matter so save your sympathy for the devil.
This place was always multiple disciplinary Egyptology and African Studies a wide range of subject matter which a lot of Europa and what else you post is only a subset and fits right in however strained sometime the fit. Why narrow the scope to your one little focus area and nothing else? What a small world.
Also I don't care what direction ES goes. I post or reply to whatever I want just like everybody else.
Repeat I don't care where ES goes It's just a BB on the web nothing more nothing to get up about.
Always have admired you relic finding skills. Learned from you not to accept repros and fax but demand photos of originals and even then to scrutinize for fudgery.
Mike111 Member # 9361
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^Notice, not a nibble? He,he,he: Get on the bandwagon, talk nonsense.
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