Tjeker

Sikels (also Sikal; cuneiform Si ka -la -iu -u KURURUši-ki/e-la; Late Egyptian Tjeker, Tscheker, Tschekel, Tschekar, Tschekal ) are already under Ramses III. as one of the Sea Peoples occupied, possibly a eteokretischer tribe. In addition, in the travelogue of Wenamun the place Dor is mentioned as one of them dominated city.

The earlier research continued the Sikels / Tjeker often with the same Scherden that were suspected on the southern Phoenician coast. Recent studies have shown, however, that the overall appearance of the Sikels not coincide in connection with material goods with an origin from the Aegean Sea.

Immediately before the collapse of the Hittite Empire, the Sikels to have been that maritime people, which threatened the southern border and the epithet " living in ships " wore. However, this epithet given all the countries or regions that possessed several ocean-going vessels, so that this term is not to be regarded as a special epithet of Sikels.

In the Sea Peoples Battles of Ramses III. and Merenptah, iconographically depicted at Medinet Habu which carry Sikels a distinctive " reed leaf helmet " or a " reed leaf - head costume ." In contrast to the Šekeleš and Wešweš the Sikels in yellow color are light-skinned to see.

While the Sikels fight in conjunction with the Danunäern and Peleset in battle both on land and on ships, enter the Šekeleš and Wešweš only in the naval battle in appearance. After the defeat against Ramses III. the Sikels in the region of Dor to Byblos and the Peleset settled south of the Sicels in the region of Ashdod. It remains unclear the fate of Šekeleš and Wešweš, with a land grab in the fields of Sikels and Peleset is not occupied.