מכתבי אל-עמארנה
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Critical research
Dating
The Amarna Letters are 382 cuneiform tablets from the diplomatic archives of pharaohs Amenhotep III and Akhenaten. Letters from Canaan's vassal kings describe the advance of groups called "Habiru" — whose identification with the biblical Hebrews remains one of the oldest debates in biblical archaeology.