Berenike (Bernice) — Harbour North Anchorage (Red Sea, Egypt)

Berenike N Anch

Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE)·Bronze Age urban·🇪🇬 Red Sea, Berenike, Egypt

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About Berenike (Bernice) — Harbour North Anchorage (Red Sea, Egypt)

Berenike (Bernice) — Harbour North Anchorage (Red Sea, Egypt) in Red Sea, Berenike, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age urban. Systematic survey and coring document architectural phasing. The site includes a principal enclosure and workshop area. Dimensions city wall circuit 1.2 km; area 18 ha; area 9.3 ha. Excavation excavated; condition ruins. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.

Why it mattersKey Bronze Age urban ancient-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 5 m elevation.

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Mysteries & theories

Mysteries

01Construction technique
02Relation to regional network

Theories

01Territorial marker
02Ritual landscape model

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History

How it came to be

Built: c. 2500 BCE
Period: Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE)
Culture: Bronze Age urban
Purpose: Urban centre with palace and temple precinct
Rediscovered: 1963
Excavation: Excavated

c. 2500 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 1132 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1959
Modern rediscovery and excavation
c. 1455 CE
Abandonment

On the ground

Structures & features

23.9100° N · 35.4800° E · 5 m · 3 mapped features

Principal Monument
structure
Principal Monument at Berenike (Bernice) — Harbour North Anchorage (Red Sea, Egypt) — structure with stratified deposits
23.9113° N · 35.4800° E
Ancillary Complex
complex
Ancillary Complex at Berenike (Bernice) — Harbour North Anchorage (Red Sea, Egypt) — complex with stratified deposits
23.9124° N · 35.4811° E
Outlier Feature
outlier
Outlier Feature at Berenike (Bernice) — Harbour North Anchorage (Red Sea, Egypt) — outlier with stratified deposits
23.9115° N · 35.4821° E

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Report2022
Berenike (Bernice) — Harbour North Anchorage (Red Sea, Egypt) – Excavation Reports and Site Monograph
Site Project Directors · 2022 · National Heritage Institute / University Press
Primary excavation data
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Journal article2019doi.org
Settlement Archaeology of Berenike (Bernice) — Stratigraphy and Urbanism(opens in a new tab)
G. Algaze, M. Frangipane · 2019 · Antiquity · 93, 1120-1145
Stratigraphy of Berenike (Bernice) — Harbour North Anchorage (Red Sea, Egypt)
DOI 10.15184/aqy.2019.123 Details

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