Djahy

Djahy

Djahi, Djahy or Tjahi was the Egyptian designation for southern Retenu.[1] It ran from approximately Ashkelon to Lebanon and inland as far as Galilee.[2] It was the watershed of the Jordan river during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt battles with Kadesh.

References

  1. ^ Gardiner, Alan. Egypt of the Pharaohs. Oxford University Press, 1961., p.285.
  2. ^ Steindorff, George. When Egypt Ruled the East. p. 47. University of Chicago Press, 1942.



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