Luka

Anatolia, ancestors of the Etruscans; Luka, identified as a coastal people of western Anatolia, also known from Hittite sources (their name survives in classical Lycia on the southwest coast of Anatolia); Sherden, probably Sardinians (the Sherden acted as mercenaries of the Egyptians in the Battle of Kadesh, 1275 bce); Shekelesh,…

Known as Luka, they participated in the Sea Peoples’ attempt to invade Egypt in the late 13th century. Nothing more is known of the Lycians until the 8th century bc, when they reappear as a thriving maritime people confederated in at least a score of cities that…