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Berenike Project. Hellenistic fort, Roman harbor, late Roman temple, and other fieldwork: archaeological work in the 2012 and 2013 seasons

2015, 24, No. 1

University of Warsaw, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology

Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw

Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures

University of Delaware

Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw


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Abstract

Brief overview of two seasons of archaeological survey and excavation carried out in 2012 and 2013 at the site of Berenike on the Red Sea coast and in two sub-projects in the Eastern Desert: the prehistoric cattle cemetery at Wadi Khashab and the Roman-era emerald mines at Sikait and Nugrus. Highpoints of the work at Berenike included discovery of the Hellenistic fort and fortifications that mark the original settlement of the site in the third quarter of the 3rd century BC, continued clearance of harbor-related structures in the southwestern bay interpreted as the early Roman harbor of Berenike and the uncovering of an earlier phase of the late Roman harbor temple (so-called Lotus Temple) of the 5th–6th century AD in the harbor.

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