Aynuna on the Red Sea
2020, 29, No. 1
Uniwersytet Warszawski, Centrum Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiej
University of Warsaw (emeritus)
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Abstract
Aynuna was excavated by a Saudi-Polish team between 2014 and 2018. It is a Nabataean port dated to the 1st century BC, with later occupation in the 4th century AD and with some Islamic presence. It is composed of two sites: a commercial factory and a fortified settlement. It is identified with Leuke Kome mentioned in the Periplus Maris Erythraei and by Strabo in connection with the expedition of Aelius Gallus to Arabia.
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