# Edgerton 1936: Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu, Volumes I and II, translated with explanatory notes (SAOC 12) > William F. Edgerton, John A. Wilson, 1936. 14 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The primary Egyptian account of the Sea Peoples. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D464CZ23GSB/historical-records-of-ramses-iii-the-texts-in-medinet-habu Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)Edgerton 1936 **0** # Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu, Volumes I and II, translated with explanatory notes (SAOC 12) William F. Edgerton, John A. Wilson, 1936. _University of Chicago Press, Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 12_. English translation of the historical inscriptions of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu. The Year 8 inscription (Plate 46, p. 53) says that the foreign countries "made a conspiracy in their isles", that no land could stand before them "from Hatti, Kode, Carchemish, Yereth, and Yeres on", and names the confederation as the Peleset, Theker, Shekelesh, Denyen and Weshesh. **Late Bronze Age collapse** BookCopy of **[The Year 8 inscription and Sea Peoples reliefs of Ramesses III](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/artifacts/ART0D4656V62KTW/the-year-8-inscription-and-sea-peoples-reliefs-of-ramesses)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The primary Egyptian account of the Sea Peoples. ## Cited by on this site 14 records [Hattusa was sacked by enemies, local (the Kaska) or the Sea Peoples.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D464XJA6N8E/hattusa-was-sacked-by-enemies-local-the-kaska-or-the-sea) Answer ANS [Invading coalitions of seaborne peoples from the Aegean and Anatolia destroyed the cities and states.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D464QPT66GA/invading-coalitions-of-seaborne-peoples-from-the-aegean-and) Answer ANS [Organised invaders who destroyed functioning states.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D464Z163AB0/organised-invaders-who-destroyed-functioning-states) Answer ANS [The Year 8 inscription and Sea Peoples reliefs of Ramesses III](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/artifacts/ART0D4656V62KTW/the-year-8-inscription-and-sea-peoples-reliefs-of-ramesses) ART [The Year 8 inscription and Sea Peoples reliefs of Ramesses III: transcription](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/copies/CPY0D4657AT4S7A/the-year-8-inscription-and-sea-peoples-reliefs-of-ramesses) CPY [Medinet Habu historical inscriptions of Ramesses III, translation (SAOC 12) and plates (OIP 8)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D46563R57JB/medinet-habu-historical-inscriptions-of-ramesses-iii) Dataset DAT [Ramesses III lists Hatti among the lands that could not stand before the invaders.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464XT42PNQ/ramesses-iii-lists-hatti-among-the-lands-that-could-not) Evidence EVD [Ramesses III's Year 8 inscription names the confederation and says no land could stand before it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464QYM04E0/ramesses-iiis-year-8-inscription-names-the-confederation-and) Evidence EVD [The Year 8 inscription describes a confederation that overran Hatti, Cyprus and Syria before reaching Egypt.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464Z906NGZ/the-year-8-inscription-describes-a-confederation-that) Evidence EVD [Ramesses III records his victory over the Sea Peoples in Year 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/events/EVT0D464M1M6F5M/ramesses-iii-records-his-victory-over-the-sea-peoples-in) EVT [Ramesses III](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/people/FIG0D464HKG574H/ramesses-iii) FIG [The Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse) The mystery article MYS [Were the Sea Peoples a cause of the collapse or a consequence of it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464NGG66KP/were-the-sea-peoples-a-cause-of-the-collapse-or-a) Question QST [Ramesses III (royal inscription): The foreign countries made a conspiracy in their islands; lands were…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/accounts/WIT0D464MH80XZ8/ramesses-iii-royal-inscription-the-foreign-countries-made-a) WIT ## Cite it ``` Edgerton, W. F., & Wilson, J. A. (1936). Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu, Volumes I and II, translated with explanatory notes (SAOC 12). University of Chicago Press, Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 12. https://archive.org/details/saoc-12.-historical-records-of-ramses-iii.-the-texts-in-medinet-habu-volumes-1-a ``` [Read it free at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/saoc-12.-historical-records-of-ramses-iii.-the-texts-in-medinet-habu-volumes-1-a) Key **SRC** 0D464CZ23GSB Kind Book Rights The publisher's Kept 27 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D464CZ23GSB/historical-records-of-ramses-iii-the-texts-in-medinet-habu/csl.json)