A Falcon Shrine at the Port of Berenike (Red Sea Coast, Egypt)

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ID4540372
AuthorsJohn Oller (0000-0001-5002-4914, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), Joan Oller Guzmán, David Fernández Abella (0000-0002-5764-8911, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), Vanesa Trevín Pita (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), Olaf E Kaper (Leiden University), Rodney Ast (0000-0002-1812-8067, Heidelberg University), Marta Osypińska (0000-0003-4603-9245, University of Wrocław), Steven E Sidebotham (University of Delaware)
Year2022
Volume126
Issue4
Pages567-591
Publication date2022-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/720806
OpenAlexW4295531286
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

During excavations at the Hellenistic-Roman port of Berenike (on the Red Sea coast of Egypt) in the winter of 2019, work in the so-called Northern Complex documented a religious space from the Late Roman period. The excavation of a portion of this space recorded material that, together with the architecture, suggests a ritual function associated with a falcon cult. This study examines the features of this edifice and the interpretation of the religious materials found in it and proposes a possible relationship with the Blemmyan population who lived in Berenike between the fourth and sixth centuries CE

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cult · Excavation · Falcon · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy · Period (music · Population · Port (circuit theory · Sea coast · Sociology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Architecture · Demography · Engineering · Geology · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Oceanography

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