Figure 1.
Map of the Sea People invasions in the Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Late Bronze Age (blue arrows).
Some of the major cities impacted by the raids are denoted with historical dates. Inland invasions are represented by purple arrows.
Figure 2.
The harbour town Gibala-Tell Tweini and the Sea People destruction layer.
The picture A is an aerial view of the eastern part of the excavation field A at Gibala-Tell Tweini. The picture B shows the Sea People destruction layer with ashes, stone rubbles from fallen walls, and ceramic fragments.
Figure 3.
Gibala, Ugarit Kingdom: bronze arrowheads and typical ceramic assemblage for the end of the Late Bronze Age and the Sea People event in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.
Ceramics and arrowheads were retrieved from the destruction Level 7A. The 14C weighted average value and calibrations provide a robust chronological framework for the Sea People event.
Figure 4.
Radiocarbon dating result placed in stratigraphic order on the calibration curve.
The horizontal scale is in historical years BC. The vertical scale is in conventional radiocarbon years BP.
Table 1.
Detail of the radiocarbon calibrated ages.