Seafaring in Ancient Egypt
Author | : David Fabre |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Boatbuilding |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Fabre |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Boatbuilding |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Lionel Casson |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Ever since the earliest travelers took to the water on reed rafts or inflated goatskins, ships and boats have played a paramount role in the history of the Western world. The invention of the sail about 3500 BC resulted in ever faster and more efficient water transport, and the great civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome depended on ships and seafarers for their prosperity. This entertaining book by the world's foremost authority on ancient seamanship traces the development of the boat from the most primitive craft to the powerful warships of the Greeks, the huge Roman merchant vessels, and the slender galleys of the Vikings. Professor Casson shows how the discoveries of marine archaeologists and recent experiments with full-size replicas of ancient boats have increased our knowledge of the way in which ships were built and used. Drawing upon written accounts and contemporary artistic depictions of naval battles, trading expeditions, and other voyages, he brings the world of seafaring in ancient times vividly to life.
Author | : Kathryn A. Bard |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2018-08-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004379606 |
In the 12th Dynasty (ca. 1985-1773 BC) the Egyptian state sent a number of seafaring expeditions to the land of Punt, located somewhere in the southern Red Sea region, in order to bypass control of the upper Nile by the Kerma kingdom. Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis on the Red Sea coast of Egypt from 2001 to 2011 have uncovered evidence of the ancient harbor (Saww) used for these expeditions, including parts of ancient ships, expedition equipment and food – all transported ca. 150 km across the desert from Qift in Upper Egypt to the harbor. This book summarizes the results of these excavations for the organization of these logistically complex expeditions, and evidence at the harbor for the location of Punt. “[There] is no shortage of analysis relating to the Punt expeditions, much of which is likely to become the new ‘standard’ account of these voyages and of the huge logistical and ideological undertaking they represented. The volume will therefore be of immense value to scholars and students of ancient Egypt, and of ancient seafaring more generally.” - Julian Whitewright, University of Southampton, in: The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 48.2 (2019)
Author | : Arthur Bernard Knapp |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Bronze age |
ISBN | : 9789088905551 |
This book presents a diachronic study of seafaring, seafarers and maritime interactions during the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Ages of the eastern Mediterranean (Cyprus, Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt)
Author | : Gregory Phillip Gilbert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : 9780642296801 |
Author | : Lionel Casson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Ever since the earliest travellers took to the water on reed rafts or inflated goatskins, ships and boats have played a paramount role in the history of the western world. The invention of the sail in Egypt in about 3500 BC resulted in ever faster and more efficient water transport, and the nations that surrounded the Mediterranean in ancient times depended on ships and seafarers for their prosperity.
Author | : Stephen K. Stein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 919 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Commerce |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Cheryl A. Ward |
Publisher | : Archaeological Institute of America |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Ancient Egyptian Ships and Boats. Soundly based on archaeological evidence, this is a detailed study of the ways in which Egyptians engineered, manufactured and used ancient vessels. Ward widens the discussion to consider ancient engineering and shipbuilding in general and considers the economic, cultural and political context of Egyptian ships and water transport.
Author | : Laurent Laporte |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Century writer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 2019-06-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781074506544 |
Ancient Egyptseafaring at the dawn of a cosmopolitan Mediterranean