I hadn’t heard of Bietak’s work, but I have been checking out David Ruhl and his “New Chronology” he proposes for Egyptian dating. I’m not sure he gets everything right, but he does make some very compelling points.
Everything in the Bronze Age dating after a certain point is tied back to the Egyptian dating, which is built on a very shaky foundation. This is problematic when it comes to interpreting Biblical or even Greek archaelogy, since the chronology is being held in higher regard than even the physical evidence that is being dug up. If you know your chronology is based on flimsy evidence, and the chronology is not making sense in light of the archaelogy, I think it’s time to re-examine the premises you based the chronology on.
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