Thanks, I’m aware of the available information. All of the claimed identifications of the subgroups are entirely speculation, and have been repeated for a century and more — yet no one has ever found anything related in any of the supposed homelands. Ever. But since the entire existence of these groups is being invented anyway, to them is attributed the destructions of whole empires — after which they conveniently vanished, leaving no trace of themselves. Any mysterious purported disasters need explanation? Invoke the Sea Peoples! No risk of defamation lawsuits.
I’m saving off the BAR articles they’ve made available (lot of work to that, turns out) and was amused by this:
[caption] The wagon of the Sea Peoples. Slowly drawn by four oxen, two wheeled wagons carried women and children to settle in territories conquered by the Sea People warriors. [/caption]
http://members.bib-arch.org/bswb_graphics/BSBA/08/04/BSBA080402500L.jpg
It’s obviously a chariot, in battle, not even any equivocation about it.
No equivocation about the refutation. Four oxen? Oh, right, they'd be four times as fast as one ox.
No, oxen don't draw battle-cars, not at, what, six miles an hour? Notice the figure in the wagon bending over and leaning out of the rear of the wagon -- that's a woman, not a fighting male in kilt and headdress, and no weapon. And what else do we see? -- Two hands at waist-level to the woman, two small hands. It's the kids.
This isn't a war-chariot, it's a station wagon.
Point.
