A falcon shrine at the port of Berenike (Red Sea coast, Egypt)
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 arch...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[October 2022]
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American journal of archaeology
Year: 2022, Jahrgang: 126, Heft: 4, Pages: 567-591 |
| ISSN: | 1939-828X |
| DOI: | 10.1086/720806 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1086/720806 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/720806 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Joan Oller Guzmán, David Fernández Abella, Vanesa Trevín Pita, Olaf E. Kaper, Rodney Ast, Marta Osypińska, and Steven E. Sidebotham |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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.1 |
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| ISSN: | 1939-828X |
| DOI: | 10.1086/720806 |