XPost: sci.archaeology, alt.archaeology   
   From: dweller@ramtops.removethis.co.uk   
      
   On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:16:25 +0000, in sci.archaeology, Romauld wrote:   
      
   >Recently, a script from Doug Weller arrived, in which they said:   
   >   
   >: Egypt reunified and the foreign invaders (the Hyksos) kicked out.   
   >   
   >Random question for you. Is there any good evidence to make an   
   >argument about who they were? I read something which suggested   
   >they were the 'black pharoahs' from a region of Northern Sudan   
   >where there's been some pretty exciting archaeology recently,   
   >but I gather there's some dispute over the issue.   
      
   The Egyptians referred to them as Asiatics, so they couldn't have been   
   from the Sudan, and Sudan is the other end of Egypt from the part they   
   dominated (the northern part) anyway.   
      
   But they did have an alliance with Nubian Kush, thus squeezing the Thebite   
   Egyptians at both ends.   
      
   They are almost certainly an ethnic mix and some of their names resemble   
   Canaanite names and they could draw support from Canaan. Some would call   
   them Phoenicians. We will probably never know exactly who they are.   
      
   Relevant to this debate is the likelihood that the Santorini explosion   
   happened in the middle of Hyksos rule.  But then we no longer think it   
   destroyed Minoan civilization either.   
      
   Doug   
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