The Harbor of Khufu on the Red Sea Coast at Wadi Al-Jarf, Egypt

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4587322
AutoresPierre Tallet, Gregory Marouard
Año2014
Volumen77
Número1
Páginas4-14
Fecha de publicación2014-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNear Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5615/neareastarch.77.1.0004
OpenAlexW2488066359
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas1

In 2011, a team from the University of Paris-Sorbonne and the IFAO discovered an important harbor complex from the Old Kingdom at Wadi al-Jarf. Located along the Egyptian shore of the Red Sea, this strategic anchorage was used as a departure point to the Sinai Peninsula for royal expeditions to the copper and turquoise mining areas located on the opposite side of the Gulf of Suez. The site was exclusively occupied during the beginning of the 4th Dynasty and it can now be considered the oldest harbor in the world. In 2013 the discovery of several dozen fragments of papyrus, the oldest inscribed papyri ever unearthed in Egypt, confirmed the early date of this site and revealed a final closure of this installation at the end of the reign of Khufu

Ancient history · Archaeology · Dozen · Geography · Inscribed figure · Peninsula · Reign · Shore · Wadi · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Geology · Oceanography