Seafaring expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom : : excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt / / by Kathryn A. Bard, Rodolfo Fattovich.

• Author: Bard, Kathryn A.
• TeilnehmendeR: Fattovich, Rodolfo.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 96.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages) :; illustrations, maps.

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 from 2001 to 2011 have uncovered evidence of the ancient harbor ( Saww ) used for these expeditions, including parts of ancient ships, expedition equipment and food – all transported circa 150 km across the desert from Qift in Upper Egypt to the harbor. This book summarizes the results of these excavations for the organization of these logistically complex expeditions, and evidence at the harbor for the location of Punt.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- Contents / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- Preface / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- Egyptian Long-distance Trade, Pharaonic Expeditions and Direct Control of Sources of Raw Materials in Northeast Africa and the Sinai in the Middle Kingdom / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- Archaeological Investigations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- Spatial Use of the Mersa/Wadi Gawasis Harbor in the 12th Dynasty / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- Organization of Mersa/Wadi Gawasis Seafaring Expeditions in the 12th Dynasty: The Textual Evidence / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- Organization of Seafaring Expeditions from Mersa/Wadi Gawasis in the 12th Dynasty: Archaeological Evidence at the Harbor / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- Interpreting Ideology at Saww: Ritual Practices, Memorial Shrines, and Commemorative Stelae / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- The Land of Punt: A View from Mersa/Wadi Gawasis / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- Long-Distance Routes Involved in the Punt Expeditions / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich † -- The 12th Dynasty Punt/Bia-Punt Expeditions from Mersa/Wadi Gawasis / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich †.