The decipherment of the Mycenaean Linear B script, a writing system adapted for the use of the Greek language of the Late Bronze Age,[REF] demonstrated the continuity of Greek speech from the 2nd millennium BC into the 8th century BC when a new script emerged.
Egyptian records mention a T(D)-n-j or Danaya (Tanaju) land for the first time in circa 1437 BC, during the reign of Pharaoh Thutmoses III (r.