A Falcon Shrine at the Port of Berenike (Red Sea Coast, Egypt)
| Autor: | Oller Guzmán, J., Fernández Abella, D., Trevín Pita, V., Kaper, O.E., Ast, R., Osypińska, M., Sidebotham, S.E. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | American Journal of Archaeology, 126(4), 567-591 |
| ISSN: | 1939-828X 0002-9114 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/720806 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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