> Peter:
> >I'm not in touch with the latest scholarship on this point, but I
>thought
> >the Etruscans were already in Italy by the 15th and 16th >dynasties (the
> >Hyksos Kings)?
>
> Why Hyksos Kings?
My (old) reference books tell me that the 15th and 16th dynasties in Egypt
were the Hyksos kings. And I thought that at the time of these dynasties in
Egypt, there was evidence that the Etruscans were already in Italy. I was
therefore puzzled at an apparent suggestion that the Etruscans did not
arrive in Italy until later, the time of the 19th dynasty.
I wasn't suggesting the Egyptians lived in Tuscany, or any such daft idea.
I probably worded it too succinctly - apologies.
Peter