The Sea Peoples exploited this power vacuum by invading areas previously subject to Egyptian and Hittite control.
Typically "Philistine" artifacts begin appearing in Canaan by the 12th century BCE.
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The Philistines also worshiped , the Queen of and goddess of war and sexual , to whom the Canaanites burned offerings and poured libations.
The ships of the Sea Peoples depicted at Medinet Habu have bird figureheads.
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