-Caveat Lector-
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Nurev Ind Research wrote:
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>How does this give life to the " lost tribes come to America theory?
>How big do you think their ships were? Phoenicia wasn't Israel's navy.
I'm only relating what was in the article, which speculated that
Phoenicia was comprised mostly of Israelite immigrants, and acted as
Israel's navy and merchant fleet...
How big do I think their ships were? I can only go by the archeological
evidence, which shows them to be as big as other countries' ships of the
era, but somewhat more sleek and hence faster and more maneverable.
There is no question that Phoenica had the upperhand when it came to
seafaring of the era...
Thor Heyerdahl proved that Egyptian boats made out of reeds could have
made it to the New World, therefore the infinitely more seaworthy
Phoenician ships could have, also...
>cities on the Eastern Mediterranean evolved into Philistia. The Philistines
>were the enemies of the Jews then and down to this day. Both tribes were
>warring over the same territory. Down to this very day.
Not according to the archeological evidence presented in the article --
before they became Philistines, apparantly Israel and Phoenicia were
quite cordial with each other...Phoenicia in the beginning apparantly
acted as an outpost of its neighbor to the south...
June ;-)
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