Egypt
- More Re Location The Land Of Punt
SF Gate With map. Thousands of years ago, there once stood a place called Punt, a land of gold and ebony, and ivory, frankincense and myrrh. To the pharaohs who built their palaces along the Nile, the Land of Punt was the source of great treasure. Among...
- Feature: Archaeologist Kathryn Bard
BU Today (Vicky Waltz) With video. Five years ago, Kathryn Bard made a remarkable discovery in the Egyptian desert. While digging with an archaeological team along the Red Sea coast, she reached into the opening of a wall — and felt nothing. Further...
- Maritime Archaeologist At Helm Of Modern Journey To Ancient Egyptian Land
PhysOrg Ancient Egyptians may be best known for building pyramids, but internationally renowned maritime archaeologist Cheryl Ward wants the world to know that they were pretty good sailors, too. She ought to know. Ward, an associate professor of anthropology...
- Coils Of Ancient Egyptian Rope Found In Cave
Discovery News The ancient Egyptian's secret to making the strongest of all rigging ropes lies in a tangle of cord coils in a cave found in a hand-hewn cave at the ancient Red Sea port of Marsa Gawasis, 23 kilometers (14 miles) south of Safaga. Discovered...
- More Re Wadi Gawasis
http://www.physorg.com/news11247.htmlAnother item covering the find made by Boston University and the University of Naples l’Orientale, who uncovered remains of sea-faring ships and cargo boxes containing goods from the lost-land of Punt, in caves at...
Egypt
Ancient ship remains at Red Sea port
http://tinyurl.com/bae3l (Monsters and Critics)
"The remains of a ship used by ancient Egyptians for commercial trips to the fabled land of Punt have been discovered in five caves engraved in a port on the Red Sea. The find, in the Marsa Gawasees area near the Red Sea resort of Safaga, dates back to the Middle Kingdom and was excavated by a joint American and Italian team from Boston University and East Naples working in the area for five years, it was reported Thursday. Higher Antiquities Council Secretary-general Zahi Hawwas called the find one of the most important marine excavations that confirms that Punt lay to the south of Egypt and not in Sinai as previously believed. As early as the third millennium BCE, Egyptian inscriptions indicate that they traded with people from the land of Punt, which sometimes they also called 'Gods' Land'. The discovery included a huge amount of ropes and masts that were used at different stages of ship building in addition to ship wooden parts and thick cedar logs, Hawwas said. He added that all pieces were in good condition and had been transferred to a storehouse in preparation for renovation."
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- More Re Location The Land Of Punt
SF Gate With map. Thousands of years ago, there once stood a place called Punt, a land of gold and ebony, and ivory, frankincense and myrrh. To the pharaohs who built their palaces along the Nile, the Land of Punt was the source of great treasure. Among...
- Feature: Archaeologist Kathryn Bard
BU Today (Vicky Waltz) With video. Five years ago, Kathryn Bard made a remarkable discovery in the Egyptian desert. While digging with an archaeological team along the Red Sea coast, she reached into the opening of a wall — and felt nothing. Further...
- Maritime Archaeologist At Helm Of Modern Journey To Ancient Egyptian Land
PhysOrg Ancient Egyptians may be best known for building pyramids, but internationally renowned maritime archaeologist Cheryl Ward wants the world to know that they were pretty good sailors, too. She ought to know. Ward, an associate professor of anthropology...
- Coils Of Ancient Egyptian Rope Found In Cave
Discovery News The ancient Egyptian's secret to making the strongest of all rigging ropes lies in a tangle of cord coils in a cave found in a hand-hewn cave at the ancient Red Sea port of Marsa Gawasis, 23 kilometers (14 miles) south of Safaga. Discovered...
- More Re Wadi Gawasis
http://www.physorg.com/news11247.htmlAnother item covering the find made by Boston University and the University of Naples l’Orientale, who uncovered remains of sea-faring ships and cargo boxes containing goods from the lost-land of Punt, in caves at...