Sailing Into Antiquity: Unearthing Clues About Ancient Egypt’s Sea Trade

Originally published January 11, 2010 | The Boston Globe | by Colin Nickerson | Here's an excerpt:

The archeological digs at Egypt’s Wadi Gawasis have yielded neither mummies nor grand monuments.

But Boston University archeologist Kathryn Bard and her colleagues are uncovering the oldest remnants of seagoing ships and other relics linked to exotic trade with a mysterious Red Sea realm called Punt.

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'She’s found the first fragments of an ancient Egyptian seagoing vessel - a ship that actually sailed in pharaonic times,' Wachsmann said.

This month, Cairo’s Egyptian Museum will open a special exhibition, Mersa/Wadi Gawasis: A Pharaonic Harbor on the Red Sea, featuring, among other things, cargo seals, voyage accounts, and a shipping crate marked in hieroglyphic text: "Wonderful Things of Punt."

Follow the link to the video on PBS NOVA: Building Pharaoh's Ship.

Lecture - Hunting the Land of Punt

Originally published August 21, 2009 | Challenging the Past Blog | by Marsia Sfakianou Bealby

The following information is from the Challenging the Past Blog:

The Friends of the Egypt Centre, Swansea University

Hunting the Land of Punt: In Search of the Location of This Mysterious Land, by Prof. Kenneth Kitchen

Preceded by the AGM at 6:30 pm (members only).

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009; 7.00pm

Place: Room 5 Fulton House, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP

Cost: free for members, £3.00 non-members

Phone #: 01792 295960

The following is a direct link to Swansea University's detailed web paged for this event. In addition, the following link will bring you to a list of upcoming events at the Egypt Centre

Diving into History: Min of the Desert

Accessed June 15, 2009 | Archaeology Magazine | by Eti Bonn-Muller

Florida State University's maritime archaeologist Cheryl Ward recreates a near-exact Ancient Egyptian ship of the 18th Dynasty, dubbed Min of the Desert, having used archaeological evidence to create the impressive and surprisingly efficient vessel.