Last week we described the story told by Eldad the Danite, about
the Tribe of Dan invading Egypt. A most unlikely story on its
face. Further it supposedly took place at the time of Jeroboam
which under conventional chronology was at the end of the 21st
Dynasty of Egypt. There are no records in Egypt to confirm
Eldad's account. If we survey the history of Egypt, we can find
a record of an invasion by a people with a name very similar to
the Tribe of Dan. They were called by the Egyptians the Denyen,
Denen or Danu. Can it only be a coincidence that this invasion
took place during the 8th year of the reign of Ramesses III,
EXACTLY at the time it would be expected under the revised
chronology? The description of the invasion can be found
inscribed on the walls of the mortuary temple at Medinet Habu,
on the outer wall of the second Medinet Habu is located across
the Nile from Luxor. We quote from the inscription. " As for the
foreign countries, they made a (conspiracy) in their isles
(rww). (Removed) and scattered