A Preliminary Report on the 1999 Field Season at Marsa Nakari
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10959647 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John A Seeger (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Pages | 77 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0065-9991 • E-ISSN: 2330-1880 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/40000553 |
| OpenAlex | W2330837011 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
ried out during June and July of 1999. Marsa Nakari is the site of an ancient port city that may be Nechesia recorded in The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy.1 The location of the site is on the coast of the Red Sea (fig. 1). Other Red Sea ports where excavations have been carried out are Quseir al-Qadim2 and Berenike.3 During the Ptolemaic and Roman periods there was much trade with East Africa, Arabia, India and other areas of the East. This trade is chronicled by ancient sources such as The Geography of Strabo,4 The Natural History of Pliny the Elder,5 and
Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Port (circuit theory) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |