Excavating Berenike
Egypt

Excavating Berenike


The ancient Red sea port of Berenike founded by Ptolemy II Philidephius has been excavated for the last two decades by Steven Sidebotham of the University of Delaware. The findings have included a pet cemetery as well as a Roman period trash dump and various harbor materials such as timbers.




- Journal Of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections Vol 3, No.4
Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections Vol 3, No 4: JAEI August 2011 Access restricted to subscribers Articles Campaign of Ramesses III against Philistia Dan'el Kahn Egypt and the Chad: Some Additional Remarks Thomas Schneider A Long Walk in...

- Book Review: Berenike And The Ancient Maritime Spice Route
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Wim Broekaert) Steven E. Sidebotham, Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route. California World History Library, 18. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 2011. Preview Rome’s trade...

- Steven Sidebotham Talking About Berenike (red Sea)
University of Delaware (Ann Manser) With video. For almost two decades, archaeologist Steven Sidebotham has been uncovering—literally, layer by layer—the secrets of an ancient, multicultural Egyptian city that reveals a new chapter of its story each...

- Connections Between Rome, Egypt, India
Frontline (R. Krishnakumar) With maps. One way to understand the implications of the archaeological discoveries at Pattanam is to delve into the amazing wealth of data from the excavations at the lost Ptolemic-Roman port city of Berenike, on Egypt’s...

- New Temple Found
A Ptolemaic temple has been found at Kom el Dikka area in Alexandria, the temple was discovered along with hundreds of statues. The temple is dedicated by queen Berenike wife of king Ptolemy III (246-222 bc). ...



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