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152:, who are known to have inhabited Sicily during the Sea Peoples' conquests, although the Sicals are often identified with the Tjeker, another group of the Sea Peoples. Today, it is still uncertain where the Shekelesh originated from, and if they indeed embarked from Sicily, it is similarly debated whether or not Sicily was their original homeland, or if they were originally settlers which came from some other location. 278: 109:
during the 8th year of his reign. Ramesses, per his inscriptions, vanquished the coalition, and portrays himself leading a glorious procession of captured Sea Peoples as prisoners.
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were ones "who dwell/live on ships", and, given his wordage, seemed to be largely a mystery to the Hittites. Given their association with ships, these scholars conclude the
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Die großen Wanderungen. Ausgang der mykenischen Zeit, Ende des Chetiterreichs und Niedergang Ägyptens: Die Seevölker und die ethnographischen Probleme. Tyrsener und Achaeer
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were said to be composed of, appearing in fragmentary historical and iconographic records in
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Nearly thirty years later, the Shekelesh are mentioned within the exploits of
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were a pirate group who hailed from a place, presumably an island, known as
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The Shekelesh first appears in Egyptian records during accounts of the
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in origin, instead opting to identify them with the ancient city of
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Index

Egyptian language
ethnic groups
Sea Peoples
ancient Egyptian
Eastern Mediterranean
pharaoh
Merneptah
Libya
13th century BC
Great Karnak Inscription
Meryey
Ramesses III
Peleset
Tjeker
Denyen
Weshesh
Amurru kingdom
Emmanuel de Rougé
Sicily
François Chabas
Gaston Maspero
Anatolian
Sagalassos
Eduard Meyer
Sicels
Hittite
Hittite
Šuppiluliuma II
Ugarit
Frederik Christiaan Woudhuizen

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