Egypt
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- 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...
- In The Field: More Re Temple Of The Cat Goddess
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) During routine excavations near the Roman theatre at Kom El-Dikka in Alexandria, an archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has discovered the remains of a temple built by Queen Berenike, wife...
- 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). ...
Egypt
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 the most active Red Sea port during Hellenistic and Roman times. Inscriptions and other written materials found inBerenike have been written in 12 different languages. This attests to the cosmopolitan mix of people who lived in or passed through the town.
Berenike was founded by Ptolemy II Philadelphus in 285-246 B.C.
The international team of archaeologists led by professor Steven Sidebotham of the University of Delaware and Iwona Zych of the Warsaw University Mediterranean Archaeology Department have resumed excavation at Berenike after an eight-year break.
See the above page for the full story.
- 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...
- In The Field: More Re Temple Of The Cat Goddess
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) During routine excavations near the Roman theatre at Kom El-Dikka in Alexandria, an archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has discovered the remains of a temple built by Queen Berenike, wife...
- 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). ...