entity · site_egyfull_mersa_gawasis
Mersa/Wadi Gawasis
Middle Kingdom harbour for Red Sea expeditions, including voyages associated with Punt.
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.
2000 BCE–1700 BCE
Precision: range
highApproximate activity or relevance range, not an assertion that the entity was unchanged throughout.
- supports · supports site history
Mersa/Wadi Gawasis and Ancient Egyptian Maritime Trade in the Red Sea — Kathryn A. Bard, Rodolfo Fattovich (2015)Supports the place, phase and interpretive caution.
Locator: Site or regional discussion
Research description
Middle Kingdom harbour for Red Sea expeditions, including voyages associated with Punt. The site record is diachronic; individual phases and control relationships are represented separately.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports site history
Mersa/Wadi Gawasis and Ancient Egyptian Maritime Trade in the Red Sea — Kathryn A. Bard, Rodolfo Fattovich (2015)Supports the place, phase and interpretive caution.
Locator: Site or regional discussion
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_egyfull_mersa_gawasis · geography assertion