entity · reg_levant_egypt
Levant and Egypt context zone
Context zone for Egyptian textual and maritime evidence and wider Near Eastern orientation.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · provides primary evidence
Hatshepsut’s Punt Reliefs: Their Structure and Function — Filip Taterka (2019)Analyzes the principal New Kingdom Punt relief cycle.
Locator: pp. 189–203 - informs · provides archaeological observation
Mersa/Wadi Gawasis and Ancient Egyptian Maritime Trade in the Red Sea — Kathryn A. Bard, Rodolfo Fattovich (2015)Provides Red Sea maritime antecedent evidence.
Locator: pp. 4–11
Research description
The zone supplies primary evidence for Punt expeditions and regional context. It is not asserted to have controlled Southern Arabia or the Horn as a unit.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides primary evidence
Hatshepsut’s Punt Reliefs: Their Structure and Function — Filip Taterka (2019)Analyzes the principal New Kingdom Punt relief cycle.
Locator: pp. 189–203 - supports · provides archaeological observation
Mersa/Wadi Gawasis and Ancient Egyptian Maritime Trade in the Red Sea — Kathryn A. Bard, Rodolfo Fattovich (2015)Provides Red Sea maritime antecedent evidence.
Locator: pp. 4–11