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Did the ancient egyptians mention the phoenicians in their historical records?
Were their relationships between the Ancient Egyptians and the Phoenicians?
Thanks in advance,
Djehuti Member # 6698
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^ Yes. The Egyptians were allies of the Phoenicians. Though I forgot the name they were called by the Egyptians, I know that the Phoenicians were the primary trading partners of Egypt in Asia and imported many things like cedar wood from Lebanon. There is even a story in the Egyptians' myth where Auset (Isis) traveled to Phoenicia to locate the dead body of her husband Ausar (Osiris) which after being murdered by Set was stuffed into a chest and put in the Nile where it washed up on the Levantine coast.
The Explorer Member # 14778
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There would have had to have been some contact between them, as Phoenician writing derives from Nile Valley script.
Brada-Anansi Member # 16371
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Djehuti
quote:The Egyptians were allies of the Phoenicians. Though I forgot the name they were called by the Egyptians
I beleive they were called Fenenku by the Kemites.
Mazigh Member # 8621
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I found this:
"The oldest historical references to Phoenicia are found in the Egyptian inscriptions of the Pharaohs, Aahmes (1587-62 B.C.) and his successors Thothmes I (1541-16 B.C.), and Thothmes III (1503-1449 B.C.) in which the Phoenicians are called "Dahe" or "Zahi", and "Fenkhu"."
Does this suggest that the name "Phoenician" is not Greek, but rather Canaanian itself? Possibly, the Greeks deformed the name "Fenkhu" to "Phoenicius". Right?
Mazigh Member # 8621
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Was the Libyan pharao Neco (of herodotus) Libyan?
Mazigh Member # 8621
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quote:Originally posted by Mazigh: Was the [u]Libyan[/u] pharao Neco (of herodotus) Libyan?
I meant : Was the Egyptian pharaoh Neco (I) of Libyan origin or Nubian?
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