Retjenu

Retjenu (rṯnw; Reṯenu, Retenu), later known as Khor, was the Ancient Egyptian name for the wider Syrian region, where the Semitic-speaking Canaanites lived.

[7] An amethyst scarab seal featuring an inscription of a personal name, title, and the term Retjenu was discovered in the site of Tell el-Dab'a dating to the Twelfth Dynasty.

[8] In the early Twelfth Dynasty text Tale of Sinuhe (c. 1875 BC) Retjenu is a main setting and referenced in name multiple times as a defined geographical region and applied to the identity of the people residing in the area.

[9] The Second Stela of Kamose, the last king of the Theban 17th Dynasty (c. 1580-1550 BCE), refers to Apepi, a Hyksos Pharaoh, as a "Chieftain of Retjenu" {wr n rṯnw} implying a Canaanite background.

The tomb of Rekhmire includes the "chiefs of Retjenu" in scenes depicting lines of foreigners prostrating, bowing, and carrying tribute on their backs, shoulders, or in front of them to be delivered to Thutmose III.

[16] The Stela of Amenhotep III within his mortuary temple in western Thebes references Retjenu in the section The Bark of Amun: "in making for [Amen-Re] a great bark upon the river, 'Amen-Re-firm-of-brow,' of new pine wood, cut by my majesty in the countries of god's land, and dragged from the mountains of Retjenu by the chiefs of all foreign lands".

[17] A relief on a wall adjacent to the Tenth Pylon in the temple of Karnak depicts a scene of Horemheb presenting foreigners to deities.