A New discovery in North Sinai including imported amphorae from Rhodes Island
Dr.
Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of Antiquities announced the discovery of an
industrial zone include a large number of specialised workshops in making
pottery and cooper dated back to the Graeco-Roman era in Tel Abou Sayfi known
as Roman Sila where the Roman fort build by Emperor Maximinus Thrax Ca. 200 AD,
east of Suez canal and to the south of Qantra in North Sinai.
The
Egyptian mission working in the area managed to discover a number of
administrative buildings and warehouses as well as workers houses and a number
of amphorae imported from Rhodes Island.
The discovery
discloses the links between Egypt
and the different Mediterranean ports in foreign trade showing the import and
export goods.
Dr.
Mohamed Abd El Maqsoud, the director of the Egyptian mission said that the
mission discovered a limestone block with bears a Roman inscription explains
details of the military history in the roman time such as the disposition
of the roman army inside the fortress as well as a number of Bronze coins and
pottery statues of God Bes
The excavation work started in the site
since 1911 by the Egyptian Antiquities authority headed by Mohamed Shaban. In
1914, a French team working for the Suez Canal Company started excavations.
During the Israeli occupation, Ben
Goreon University
mission did some work on the site and since the site was used as a military
base so a large part was destroyed. When the SCA was doing routine check in the
area for the digging of El Salam Canal between 1994 and 2000, they also did
excavations for few seasons making major discoveries.
Labels: Amphorae from Rhodes Island, Ancient Egypt, Archaeology, Egypt, Egyptology, Emperor Maximinus Thrax, God Bes, Graeco-Roman, Mohamed Shabaan Excavations, North Sinai discovery, Tell Abou Sayfi
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