?Are the Sherdans Amazighs from Sardinia
The Great Karnak Inscription, one of the most famous Egyptian records, tells of a war waged by Pharaoh Merneptah against the Libyan Amazigh tribe of Libu, allied with the confederation of the “Sea Peoples.” The Shardans, who were mentioned in other Egyptian sources, are considered one of the elements of this union. They may have been a Amazigh people who settled in Sardinia.
Shardan in hieroglyphic writing (SH-D-N-W)
The name of the Shardans was mentioned for the first time in the records of Pharaoh Ramesses II (1279 - 1213). They attacked the Egyptian coasts during his second year in power, but they were defeated. Pharaoh Ramesses II then incorporated some of them into the ranks of his personal guard, who participated in the Battle of Kadesh (1274) against the Hittites.
Shardan warriors
Later, the Sherdans joined the confederation of the “Sea Peoples” who tried to invade Egypt with the Libo, but they were defeated by the descendant of Pharaoh Ramesses II and his successor, Pharaoh Merneptah (1213 - 1203). It is likely that the Shardians and other “sea peoples” formed pirate groups that plundered the Mediterranean coast with their ships.
Nuraghe
Who are the Sharidans? Where did they come from? Their name clearly indicates that they hail from Sardinia. Italian archaeologists Antonio Tarramelli, Massimo Pallotino, and Giovanni Ugas Al-Shardan know that they were residents of the Nuragic civilization that dominated Sardinia from the eighteenth century BC until the arrival of the Romans in 238 BC, when the Amazighs coming from Libya who settled in Sardinia founded this civilization. They were also famous as builders of the cone-shaped norak towers, which became a symbol of Sardinia.
The “Sea Peoples” settled in Palestine after their defeat at the hands of the Egyptians. The Israeli archaeologist Adam Zertal suggested that the leader Sisera, mentioned in the Bible as an oppressive leader of the Jews, was likely a descendant of the Sheridans. There is a similarity between the archaeological site of Al-Ahwat, which the scholar Zartal suggested was the site of Harousha Al-Umam, the capital of Sisera, and the Al-Nurak Towers located in Sardinia. Most likely, the origin of this site goes back to Shardan, whether it actually constituted the capital of Sisera or not.
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