Avaris, Tell el-Daba, Ancient Egyptian Hyksos

Tell el-Daba is thought by archaeologists and Egyptologists such as Manfred Bietak to be the site of Avaris, the capital city of the so-called Hyksos of Ancient Egypt's 2nd Intermediate Period from around 1670–1550 BC. Once thought to be an invading military force that swept into Egypt and subjugated the land based on the account of Manetho—archaeological, cultural, and genetic studies now show they were a group of Semitic settlers that arrived from Canaan in the Levant and settled in the Nile Delta. With the aid of modern archaeology and academic work, new theories now hold the Hyksos of Egypt's 15th Dynasties grew plentiful in the Nile Delta, eventually becoming the dominant power in Lower Egypt after the waning of the 12th dynasty. For over a century, biblical historians and archaeologists like Sir Flinders Petrie have proposed the Hyksos to be the Hebrew people arriving in Egypt under the auspice of Joseph. The 1st century historian Josephus also makes this claim directly. -Nate Loper Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab考古学家与埃及学家（如曼弗雷德·比塔克）普遍认为，泰勒·达巴遗址（Tell el-Daba）即为阿瓦里斯（Avaris）——古埃及第二中间期（约公元前1670年至前1550年）所谓喜克索斯人（Hyksos）的都城。 此前根据曼涅托（Manetho）的记载，喜克索斯人曾被认为是一支席卷埃及、征服这片土地的入侵军事力量；但如今考古学、文化学与遗传学研究表明，他们实则是一支从黎凡特（Levant）地区的迦南（Canaan）迁徙而来的闪米特（Semitic）定居群体，并在尼罗河三角洲（Nile Delta）定居下来。 借助现代考古学与学术研究的助力，新理论如今提出：古埃及第十五王朝（15th Dynasties）的喜克索斯人在尼罗河三角洲日益壮大，并在第十二王朝（12th dynasty）衰落后，最终成为下埃及的主导势力。 一个多世纪以来，包括弗林德斯·皮特里爵士（Sir Flinders Petrie）在内的圣经历史学家与考古学家都曾提出，喜克索斯人便是在约瑟带领下抵达埃及的希伯来民族。公元1世纪的历史学家约瑟夫斯（Josephus）也直接作出了这一论断。——内特·洛珀（Nate Loper） 数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab