The theory was taken up by other scholars such as Eduard Meyer, and became the generally accepted theory amongst Egyptologists and orientalists [REF].
The historical narrative stems primarily from seven Ancient Egyptian sources, and although in these inscriptions the designation "of the sea" does not appear in relation to all of these peoples,[REF][REF] the term "Sea Peoples" is commonly used to refer to the following nine peoples, in alphabetical order:[REF] .