Etruscans

Stanley Friesen sarima at friesen.net
Thu Feb 1 07:10:07 UTC 2001


At 11:34 AM 1/25/01 -0600, David L. White wrote:

>  Furthermore, the view presented totally ignores the presence of the
>Turshas, who seem to bear the same name as the Tursenoi, raiding in the Nile
>Delta (and perhaps under the name Philistines similarly distresing the
>Hebrews)

It is more likely that the Philistines are represented in Egyptian records
by the name 'Plst' (usually written out as Peleset).

Though Turshas for Trusha is certainly a reasonable hypothesis.

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