The battles of Ramesses III with the Sea Peoples in Years 8 and 11 of his reign correspond to approximately 1178 and 1175 BCE in the most commonly used chronology of Egyptian history.

However, these dates are not as precisely established as the specific numbers might suggest.

Egyptian chronology for this period is anchored to astronomical observations recorded in ancient texts — specifically, records of the rising of the star Sirius relative to the Egyptian calendar — but the astronomical anchors contain some uncertainty, and different Egyptian chronologies (high, middle, and low chronologies) can differ by up to 25 years.

The radiocarbon chronology of the Bronze Age has been an active area of research.