Beads and pendants from the Hellenistic to Early Byzantine Red Sea port of Berenike, Egypt, Season 2014 and 2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Then-Obłuska
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Glass Beads ◽  
Marine Mollusk ◽  
Mollusk Shells ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Rubbish Dump ◽  
Mosaic Glass ◽  
Sea Coast ◽  
Early Byzantine ◽  
Ostrich Eggshell

Almost 650 beads and pendants, most of them of glass and faience, were excavated over two seasons in 2014 and 2015 at Berenike on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. This material, coming from 19 trenches variously located within the Hellenistic to early Byzantine site, has contributed some new data, enhancing the Berenike bead typology. Highlights included a Bes pendant of glass from a Hellenistic context and early Roman mosaic glass beads with face patterns. Other materials of which the ornaments were made included marine mollusk shells, ostrich eggshell, and a variety of stone and minerals. Of greatest interest were beads coming from early Roman graves, of an older man (the order of the threaded beads could be traced) and of animals (neck collars). Beads threaded on fragments of string, most probably of Indo-Pacific make, came from the early Roman rubbish dump.

Roads of Arabia: New finds of Aqaba amphorae in the Red Sea from a newly discovered wreck site at Jeddah/Eliza shoals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupert Brandmeier
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
Maritime Archaeology ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Sea Coast

This paper concerns a probable shipwreck cargo of Aqaba amphorae, which was discovered during the second season of the survey project along the Saudi Arabian coast, initiated by nautical archaeologists of Philipps-University Marburg and conducted in cooperation with members of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Heritage in autumn 2013. Seafaring and sea trade was, according to the few ancient sources and modern research activities, a hazardous endeavor in antiquity. Transport containers like the Aqaba Amphorae played a major role in sea trade, a significant number of which have been detected on various sites along the Red Sea coast and its hinterland. The chronological classification as well as the application is far from complete, and recent archaeometrical investigations help to clarify the logistical aspects of manufacturing and distribution of Aqaba amphorae. Finding a number of remains of Aqaba amphorae at a supposed shipwreck site close to Jeddah delivers new insight into the maritime routes and activities along the western coast of Saudi Arabia. The documentary material currently available is the baseline for further research in the field of maritime archaeology as it pertains to trade in the Red Sea.

Environmental texture and geochemistry of the sediments of a subtropical mangrove ecosystem and surrounding areas, Red Sea Coast, Egypt

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 3427-3440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hashem A. Madkour ◽  
Abbas M. Mansour ◽  
Abu El-Hagag N. Ahmed ◽  
A. El-Taher
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Mangrove Ecosystem ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
Sea Coast

Contents of heavy metals in marine algae from Egyptian Red Sea coast

2006 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aly Mohammed A. Abdallah ◽  
Maha Ahmed Abdallah ◽  
Aly Beltagy ◽  
Eman Siam
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Marine Algae ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Sea Coast
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