Seafaring expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom : excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt /

Seafaring expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom : excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt /

In the 12th Dynasty (ca. 1985-1773 BC) the Egyptian state sent a number of seafaring expeditions to the land of Punt, located somewhere in the southern Red Sea region, in order to bypass control of the upper Nile by the Kerma kingdom. Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis on the Red Sea coast of Egypt f...

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Main Author: Bard, Kathryn A.

Other Authors: Fattovich, Rodolfo.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 96.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353275.

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Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Mersa Gawasis Site.
Harbors > Egypt > Mersa Gawasis Site.
Mersa Gawasis Site (Egypt) > Antiquities.

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Call Number: DT73.M64

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