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Sacred Texts: Ancient Near East

The Philistines: Chapter II. The History of the Philistines: I. The Adventures of Wen-Amon among them

Ancient Near East ArchaeologyBiblical PeoplesPhilistine HistorySea Peoples

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The Golénischeff papyrus 1 was found in 1891 at El-Khibeh in Upper Egypt. It is the personal report of the adventures of an Egyptian messenger to Lebanon, sent on an important semi-religious, semi-diplomatic mission. The naïveté of the style makes it one of the most vivid and convincing narratives that the ancient East affords.