Egypt
University of Delaware (Ann Manser)
With video.
- 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...
- Online: Bir Abu Safa, Eastern Desert
New York University A Water Temple at Bir Abu Safa (Eastern Desert) By Steve E. Sidebotham, Gabriel T. Mikhail, James A. Harrell and Roger S. Bagnall. JARCE XLI 2004 I found this, as usual, whilst looking for something else. This paper about a very unusual...
- 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...
- U.s. And Polish Archaeologists Successful At Berenike
Serwis Nauka w Polsce Fragments of pottery with inscriptions in one of pre-Islamic languages have been found by a U.S-Polish team of archaeologists near Berenike, a Greco-Roman harbour on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. The finds confirm that Berenike was...
Egypt
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 time he visits.
This year, for example, the UD history professor's archaeological dig at the Red Sea port city of Berenike found a pet cemetery containing the remains of 17 dogs and cats, ship timbers and other sailing artifacts from the harbor area and a trove of objects from an early Roman trash dump.
"This is an amazing, huge site with excellent preservation" because of the desert climate, Sidebotham said. "We've probably covered about 2 percent of the surface, so there are still several lifetimes' worth of work to be done. We'll never be finished with it."
The project began in 1994 and has survived government upheavals, administrative delays, changing international partnerships and even this year's political turmoil that ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Operating on a shoestring budget that often includes infusions of his own money, Sidebotham and his colleagues have documented a thriving culture that existed in the city for some 800 years, beginning around the 3rd century B.C.
- 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...
- Online: Bir Abu Safa, Eastern Desert
New York University A Water Temple at Bir Abu Safa (Eastern Desert) By Steve E. Sidebotham, Gabriel T. Mikhail, James A. Harrell and Roger S. Bagnall. JARCE XLI 2004 I found this, as usual, whilst looking for something else. This paper about a very unusual...
- 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...
- U.s. And Polish Archaeologists Successful At Berenike
Serwis Nauka w Polsce Fragments of pottery with inscriptions in one of pre-Islamic languages have been found by a U.S-Polish team of archaeologists near Berenike, a Greco-Roman harbour on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. The finds confirm that Berenike was...