Maron? Actually Marsa Gawasis — Pharaonic Port North Quay (Red Sea, Egypt)
Gawasis Quay N
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE)·Bronze Age urban·🇪🇬 Red Sea, Marsa Gawasis, Egypt
About
About Maron? Actually Marsa Gawasis — Pharaonic Port North Quay (Red Sea, Egypt)
Maron? Actually Marsa Gawasis — Pharaonic Port North Quay (Red Sea, Egypt) in Red Sea, Marsa Gawasis, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age urban. Systematic survey and magnetometry document stratified deposits. The site includes a principal citadel and ancillary necropolis. Dimensions city wall circuit 1.2 km; area 18 ha; area 1.2 ha. Excavation excavated; condition preserved. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age urban ancient-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 10 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function and labor organization
- 02Relation to regional network
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape model
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
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
- 1928
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2500 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 807 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1923
Antiquarian record, modern excavation from 1960s
On the ground
Structures & features
26.5600° N · 34.0300° E · 10 m · 3 mapped features
Principal Monument
structurePrincipal Monument at Maron? Actually Marsa Gawasis — Pharaonic Port North Quay (Red Sea, Egypt) — structure with stratified deposits
26.5623° N · 34.0280° EAncillary Complex
complexAncillary Complex at Maron? Actually Marsa Gawasis — Pharaonic Port North Quay (Red Sea, Egypt) — complex with stratified deposits
26.5617° N · 34.0308° EOutlier Feature
outlierOutlier Feature at Maron? Actually Marsa Gawasis — Pharaonic Port North Quay (Red Sea, Egypt) — outlier with stratified deposits
26.5611° N · 34.0277° E