The Capture of Joppa

Joppa Location

The Capture of Joppa is a New Kingdom text inside the Harris Papyrus interesting the taking of the fenced in Palestinian city of Joppa by Egyptian forces during a militaristic campaign of King Tuthmosis III. In the story, an Egyptian standard identified Djehuty homes his men in large baskets and then returns them to the people of Joppa  as  a  gift. Accepting  the  baskets hold food, the men of Joppa carry them alone their walls. Once alone, Egyptian soldiers  rise  out  and  killing  the  Joppa's men.  Because  of  its  similarity  to  the Greek story of the Trojan cavalry, likewise as to an ancient Persian story later incorporated into Tales of the Arabian Nights, some  Egyptologists  believe  that  The Seizure of Joppa is a myth quite than a real account. Nonetheless, because the story is reported as fact in the tomb of General Djehuty in Thebes, other Egyptologists trust that it reflects a proper historical event.

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