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Book SynopsisThis volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Red Sea VII conference (Napels, 2015) entitled The Red Sea and the Gulf: Two Maritime Alternative Routes in the Development of Global Economy, from Late Prehistory to Modern Times. The Red Sea and the Gulf are geographically and environmentally similar and complementary, but also competitors in their economic and cultural interactions with the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. The chapters of the volume are grouped in three sections, corresponding to the various historical periods. Each chapter of the book offers the reader the opportunity to travel across the regions of the Red Sea and the Gulf, from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, and from prehistorical times to the contemporary era. With contributions by: Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman, Serena Autiero, Mahmoud S. Bashir, Kathryn A. Bard, Alemseged Beldados, Ioana A. Dumitru, Serena Esposito, Rodolfo Fattovich, Luigi Gallo, Michal Gawlikowski, Bruno Genito, Caterina Giostra, Sunil Gupta, Michael Harrower, Martin Hense, Linda Huli, Sarah Japp, Serena Massa, Ralph K. Pedersen, Jacke S. Phillips, Patrice Pomey, Joanna K. Rądkowska, Adriano Rossi, Mike Schnelle, Lucy Semaan, Steven E. Sidebotham, Shadia Taha, Husna Taha Elatta, Joanna Then-Obłuska and Iwona Zych
Table of ContentsIntroduction Address of President of ISMEO, Prof. Adriano Rossi, to the Participants to the 7th Red Sea Conference Adriano Rossi Dedication to Maurizio Tosi Bruno Genito Part 1: Prehistory and Bronze Age 1 Mersa/Wadi Gawasis: Organisation of an Egyptian Bronze Age Harbour on the Red Sea Coast Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich 2 The Rock Engravings of Boats of Sinai and the Pharaonic Maritime Expeditions Patrice Pomey 3 Riverboats and Seagoing Ships: Lexicographical Analysis of Nautical Terms from the Sources of the Old Kingdom Serena Esposito 4 Marsa Matruh Revisited: Modelling Interaction at a Late Bronze Age Harbour on the Egyptian Coast Linda Hulin 5 Sorghum Paintings from the Meroitic Cemetery of Berber and Possible Implications for the Dispersal of the Plant across the Red Sea Alemseged Beldados and Mahmoud S. Bashir 6 Mapping Ancient Production and Trade of Copper in Oman and Obsidian in Ethiopia Ioana A. Dumitru and Michael Harrower 7 Timber-frame Architecture on Both Sides of the Red Sea from the Early First Millennium BCE: Recent Investigations of the German Archaeological Institute in South Arabia and Northern Ethiopia Mike Schnelle 8 Bronze Age Reed Boats of Magan and Magillum Boats of Meluḫḫa in Cuneiform Literature Danièle Michaux-Colombot 9 Imports of Pottery and Glass Vessels in First Millennium CE South Arabia: Signs of Commercial and Cultural Contacts via the Red Sea Trade Routes Sarah Japp Part 2: Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Period 10 Overview of Fieldwork at Berenike (Red Sea Coast), Egypt, and in the Eastern Desert: 2011–2015 Steven E. Sidebotham 11 Exotic Cults in Roman Berenike? An Investigation into Two Temples in the Harbour Temenos Joanna K. Rądkowska and Iwona Zych 12 The Great Temple of Berenike Martin Hense 13 Bead Trade in Roman Ports: A View from the Red Sea Port of Marsa Nakari Joanna Then-Obłuska 14 Looking for Leuke Kome Michał Gawlikowski 15 The Greeks and the Arabian Coast of the Red Sea Luigi Gallo 16 Nautical Archaeology Surveys Near Jeddah, 2012–2013, and Their Connections to the Study of Red Sea Commerce Ralph K. Pedersen 17 The Christianisation of Adulis in Light of the Material Evidence Serena Massa and Caterina Giostra 18 The Western Indian Ocean Interaction Sphere: Significance of the Red Sea and the Arabian/Persian Gulf Routes from the Mediterranean to India (First Century BCE–Third Century CE) Sunil Gupta 19 Beyond the Boundaries of the Periplus: The Persian Gulf Route in the Supply to Myos Hormos and Berenike Roberta Tomber 20 Foreign Iconographic Elements in South Arabian Art: The Indian Contribution Serena Autiero Part 3: Modern and Contemporary Age 21 Suakin and Al Khandaq: The Influence of a Sea Port on a River Port Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman Adam and Husna Taha Elatta 22 Collateral Roles in Pilgrimage Jacke S. Phillips 23 A Life Shaped by the Sea: Maritime Heritage in Suakin Shadia Taha 24 Timber for Ships: Considering Wood Supply for Boatbuilding in Jizan and the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia Lucy Semaan Bibliography Index
