Louis Dautais
@ldautais.bsky.social
Historian and Archaeologist of the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean.
Dual PhD (2024) in Egyptology (Montpellier) & in Aegean Protohistory (UCLouvain)
Dual PhD (2024) in Egyptology (Montpellier) & in Aegean Protohistory (UCLouvain)
3/3... Could this be evidence of Hellenized Cretans - after the dramatic sociopolitical shift in Knossos ca. 1450 BCE - travelling around the Memphis region, trading wine during Amenhotep II's reign (late 15th c. BCE)? That is what we are arguing.
Open-access PDF: www.academia.edu/144596914
Open-access PDF: www.academia.edu/144596914
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
3/3... Could this be evidence of Hellenized Cretans - after the dramatic sociopolitical shift in Knossos ca. 1450 BCE - travelling around the Memphis region, trading wine during Amenhotep II's reign (late 15th c. BCE)? That is what we are arguing.
Open-access PDF: www.academia.edu/144596914
Open-access PDF: www.academia.edu/144596914
2/3... : the ‘names of Crete’ listed by the Egyptian scribe on this board have troubling correspondences with Linear B and Ancient Greek names, including Eudamus (e-u-da-mo), Nasios (na-si-jo) and Didyme (di-du-me), among other, better-known names but less certain readings (Leonidas and Aegisthus).
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
2/3... : the ‘names of Crete’ listed by the Egyptian scribe on this board have troubling correspondences with Linear B and Ancient Greek names, including Eudamus (e-u-da-mo), Nasios (na-si-jo) and Didyme (di-du-me), among other, better-known names but less certain readings (Leonidas and Aegisthus).