Berenike 1995: Preliminary Report of the Excavations at Berenike (Egyptian Red Sea Coast) and the Survey of the Eastern Desert

1999 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 564
Author(s):  
John Lund ◽  
S. E. Sidebotham ◽  
W. Z. Wendrich
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Eastern Desert ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Sea Coast

ЗАГАДКИ ДОДИНАСТИЧЕСКОЙ ПЕТРОГЛИФИКИ С ПОПРАВКОЙ НА КЛИМАТ И ГИДРОЛОГИЮ: ЛОДКИ (И РЕКИ?) В ВЕРХНЕЕГИПЕТСКИХ ВОСТОЧНЫХ ВАДИ

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-42
Author(s):  
Dimitry B. Proussakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Eastern Desert ◽  
Cultural Affiliation ◽  
Central Eastern Desert ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Central Eastern ◽  
Local Traditions ◽  
Sea Coast ◽  
Predynastic Egypt

Prehistoric rock drawings of large boats in wadis of the central Eastern Desert, Egypt, divided their investigators into two main groups with quite different views about their origins and cultural affiliation. One of the groups (P. Červiček et al.) insisted on ‘religious’ (cultic, magic, etc.) nature of these petroglyphs attributing them to local traditions but actually tearing away from the reality, primarily on the ground that boats could have never come to be in the desert many tens of kilometers from both the Nile and the Red Sea. Another one, following ideas of W. M. Flinders Petrie, interpreted these boat images as ships of a ‘Dynastic Race’ of oversea invaders who conquered Egypt and consolidated her under their power. This hypothesis, once disapproved by most of archaeologists and Egyptologists, has recently acquired many new adherents; it assumes, in particular, the most real rivers to have flown at the time of the earliest boat petroglyphs (5th to 4th Millennia B.C.) along Wadi Hammamat and Wadi Barramiya, where short routes pass from the Red Sea coast to the Nile. Even rejecting Petrie’s ‘diffusionistic’ version on the whole, one cannot ignore the palaeogeographical fact that the climate of Predynastic Egypt was moist, characterized by monsoon rains which, in combination with geomorphology of the Eastern Desert, could only have favoured here in the period under consideration the formation of regular tributaries of the Nile.

scholarly journals Back to Mahal Teglinos: New Pharaonic Evidence from Eastern Sudan

2020 ◽  
Vol 106 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
Andrea Manzo
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Eastern Desert ◽  
The Third ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Sea Coast ◽  
Eastern Sudan ◽  
The Way

This article provides a general overview of the archaeological finds which suggest that Eastern Sudan was in contact with Egypt in the second half of the third and into the second millennium BC. The finds and their contexts are discussed, along with their chronology, typology and distribution in order to understand if they arrived in Eastern Sudan via Upper Nubia, the Red Sea coast, or even through the Eastern Desert. Moreover, the discussion highlights how these finds are providing support to the hypothesis that Eastern Sudan may have been a part of Punt. Finally, the contribution of these finds to our understanding of the economic and cultural exchanges between Egypt and inner Africa is discussed. This review also addresses the definition of the Egyptian commodities exchanged for those of inner Africa and the reconstruction of the way contacts between the involved groups took place.

Berenike 1996: Report on the 1996 Excavations at Berenike (Egyptian Red Sea Coast) and the Survey of the Eastern Desert

2000 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 492
Author(s):  
Tasha Vorderstrasse ◽  
Steven E. Sidebotham ◽  
Willemina Z. Wendrich
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Eastern Desert ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Sea Coast

‫موقع ***** الجغرافي في نقش وادي حمامات رقم 1‬ (The Geographical Location of ***** in Hammamat Inscription (1))

Abgadiyat ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-32
Author(s):  
‫محمد‬ ‫الشرقاوي‬
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Eastern Desert ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
River Nile ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
First Time ◽  
Sea Coast ◽  
Specific Identity

This paper discusses the geographical location of ***** mentioned in Hammamat Inscription No. 1, according to Couyat and Montet. This inscription was created by Sankh in commemoration of his expedition to the Eastern Desert and the Red Sea Coast during the reign of Mentuhotep IV. The toponym is problematic due to its complete absence from all ancient Egyptian texts. This made scientists disagree about its geographical location; some located it in Quseir, while others placed it on the River Nile, or in the Eastern Desert. This matter has been a mystery, and the toponym remained unknown without a specific identity, which made some scientists leave it without certain specifications, and this, in turn, added more mystery to the inscription, and led a number of scientists to minimize its value. Therefore, the researcher has decided to confront this problem, especially after the recent archaeological discoveries on the Red Sea Coast in general, and the port of ***** (Mersa Gawasis) in particular. According to the writer, these recent discoveries may define ***** as Mersa Gawasis (this conforms with the nature of Sankh’s expedition in light of other inscriptions and according to the linguistic comparisons between these two toponyms). The inscription, thus, becomes very important as it proves—for the first time in the ancient Egyptian sources— that there were some activities attributed to Mentuhotep IV on the Red Sea Coast and Mersa Gawasis, which provides a new historical and cultural dimension to the policy of this king, and increases the value of the inscription. (please note that this article is in Arabic)

Archaeological fieldwork in Berenike in 2014 and 2015: from Hellenistic rock-cut installations to abandoned temple ruins

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 315-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Zych ◽  
Steven E. Sidebotham ◽  
Martin Hense ◽  
Joanna K. Rądkowska ◽  
Marek Woźniak
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Eastern Desert ◽  
Middle Kingdom ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Sea Coast ◽  
Late Roman

The report brings a comprehensive summary of archaeological fieldwork and survey carried out in Berenike on the Red Sea coast of Egypt and in the Eastern Desert hinterland over the course of two seasons in 2014 and 2015. The completed magnetic map of the site is discussed in some detail, assessing the potential for future excavations. The report covers the most important discoveries of the two seasons, which include fragments of Middle Kingdom Pharaonic stelae, possibly pushing back the foundation of the harbor, archaeological evidence of a rock-cut watercollection system forming part of the Hellenistic-age fortifications and two inscribed stone bases, one of which records a secretary of an aromatics warehouse at Berenike, discovered undisturbed in the courtyard of the Great Temple of Berenike (also called the Serapis Temple). A previously unknown religious(?) complex was discovered on the western outskirts of the site thanks to work with Corona satellite imagery. In turn, analysis of the magnetic mapping of the city revealed an administrative(?) complex in the northern part of the town; the later, 5th and 6th century layers were examined inside a chamber with niche forming part of this complex. Work also continued in the early Roman harbor, uncovering among others a complete timber ship frame, and a collection of garnets in subsidiary buildings in the late Roman temenos located in the entrance to the southwestern bay.

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