Wadi Gasus

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Wadi Gasus (Egypt)
Wadi Gasus
Wadi Gasus
Wadi Gasus in Egypt

Wadi Gasus is an Egyptian wadi that opens from the Arabian Desert to the Red Sea . It is about 80 kilometers south of Hurghada and 60 kilometers north of al-Quseir . Two kilometers south is the ancient port of Mersa Gawasis . Some ancient Egyptian and Roman finds were made in the wadi .

Finds

A rock inscription from the 26th Dynasty was discovered at Bir Abu Gowa . It shows King Psammetich I at a libation for Amun-Re and Min , behind him his daughter Nitokris I and Schepenupet II , daughter of Pije . Both were “ God's wives of Amun ” . The wives of God Schepenupet I (daughter of Osorkon III , 23rd dynasty ) and Amenirdis I (sister of Pije) are also mentioned in the inscriptions .

Further inscriptions were found at the entrance of a lead mine in a small valley, which branches off south of the wadi, six kilometers from the Red Sea. Expeditions by the Upper Egyptian governor Montuemhat from the time of Psammetich I are mentioned on a nearby granite block .

One kilometer to the west, on the south side of the wadi, the remains of a Greco-Roman water station ( Hydreuma ) were found. James Burton and Sir John Gardner Wilkinson discovered two hieroglyphic stelae nearby in the early 19th century . The first stele by an official named Khnumhotep of the first year I Sesostris erected. The second stele tells of the expedition of a captain Chentchtaywer in the 28th year of Amenemhet II. It mentions how his ships docked after a safe voyage from Punt at the port of Saww , which was located at Mersa Gawasis.

literature

  • Abdel Monem AH Sayed: Discovery of the site of the 12th Dynasty port at Wâdi Gawâsîs on the Red Sea shore. , RdÉ 29, 1977, pp. 139-178.
  • Abdel Monem AH Sayed: Wadi Gasus in: Kathryn A. Bard, Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt , 1999, pp. 866-868.
  • A. Nibbi: The two stelae of the Wadi Gasus. , JEA 62, 1976, pp. 45-56.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sayed: Wadi Gasus in: Bard, Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt , 1999, pp. 866-868.

Coordinates: 26 ° 34 ′ 6.1 ″  N , 34 ° 0 ′ 39.8 ″  E