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Encyclopedia > Djahy

Djahy was the Egyptian designation for southern Retenu.[1] It ran from approximatly Ashkelon to Lebanon and inland as far as Galilee.[2] Retenu, also rendered Retchenu, was an Ancient Egyptian name for Canaan and Syria. ... Ashkelon or Ashqelon (Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן; Standard Hebrew Ašqəlon; Tiberian Hebrew ʾAšqəlôn; Arabic عسقلان ; Latin Ascalon) was an ancient Philistine seaport on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea just north of Gaza. ... Galilee (Arabic al-jaleel الجليل, Hebrew hagalil הגליל), meaning circuit, is a large area overlapping with much of the North District of Israel. ...


References

  1. ^ Gardiner, Alan. Egypt of the Pharaohs. p.285. Oxford University Press, 1961.
  2. ^ Steindorff, George. When Egypt Ruled the East. p. 47. University of Chicago Press, 1942.


 
 

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