The Red Sea in pharaonic times
Subtitle: recent discoveries along the Red Sea coast; proceedings of the colloquium held in Cairo / Ayn Soukhna 11th-12th January 2009
By: edited by Pierre Tallet and El-Sayed Mahfouz
Series: Bibliothèque d'étude -- 155; IF -- 1058; Bibliothèque d'étude -- t. 155.; Publications de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire -- 1058.
Publisher: Institut français d'archéologie orientale
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Le Caire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9782724705980
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Congresses; Shipbuilding; Ancient Boats; Wooden boats; Temple of Hatshepsut (Egypt)
Other titles: Recent discoveries along the Red Sea coast
Description: "The long-neglected Red Sea shore area has, over the past ten years, yielded a considerable amount of data that has enabled us to understand its specific role in pharaonic times. In 2001, fieldwork resumed in the former harbour of Mersa Gawasis, which was first identified by Abd el-Moneim Sayed in 1977. The rich archaeological and epigraphical findings by a joint American-Italian team demonstrated that the site was used throughout the 12 dynasty as a launching harbour for expeditions to the land of Punt, which lay to the south of the Red Sea. North of the Gulf of Suez, vestiges of a harbour built early on in the Old Kingdom were progressively unearthed at the site of Ayn Soukhna, which was discovered by Mahmoud Abd el-Raziq in 1999: the full remains of Middle Kingdom vessels were found there, stored in onsite galleries between expeditions to the copper and turquoise mining sites of the Sinai. The aim of this conference, which was held in Cairo and Ayn Soukhna in January 2009, was to bring together most of the specialists studying the Red Sea shore area and its relations with the Nile Valley. The proceeding's give an overview of the most recent research on this strategic zone during the pharaonic period."--P.[4] of cover.
Notes: "The aim of this conference, which was held in Cairo and Ayn Soukhna in January 2009, was to bring together most of the specialists studying the Red Sea shore area and its relations with the Nile Valley. The proceedings give an overview of the most recent research on this strategic zone during the pharaonic period" -- back cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-187)
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Dominique Valbelle; title: The Pharaonic site of Ayn Soukhna in the Gulf of Suez: 2001-2009 progress report / Mahmound Abd El-Raziq, Georges Castel, Pierre Tallet, Grégory Marouard; title: Archaeological investigations at Wadi/Mersa Gawasis, Egypt: 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2009 Field seasons / Rodolfo Fattovich, Kathryn A. Bard; title: Ships bound for Punt / Rodolfo Fattovich, Kathryn A. Bard; title: Ship remains at Ayn Soukhna / Patrice Pomey; title: Ancient Egyptian seafaring ships: archaeological and experimental evidence / Cheryl Ward; title: Ship components from Mersa Gawasis: recent finds and their archaeological context / Chiara Zassaro, Claire Calcagno; title: Ancient Egyptian stone anchors from Mersa Gawasis / Chiara Zassaro, Mohammed Abd El-Maguid; title: New inscriptions from Ayn Soukhna 2002-2009 / Pierre Tallet; title: New epigraphic material from Wadi Gawasis / El-Sayed Mahfouz; title: Wadi Hammamat and the Sea from the origins to the end of the new kingdom / Annie Gasse; title: How to fill in the gaps? New perspectives on exchanges between Egypt and the near East during the early Neolithic period / Yann Tristant; title: At the end of the trail? some implications of the mention of turquoise in Egyptian tombs and temples / Julie Masquelier-Loorius; title: The Red Sea in Pharaonic Egypt. Assessment and prospects / Pierre Tallet.