Download or read book Berenike 1999/2000 written by Steven E. Sidebotham and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavations at Berenike, a Greco-Roman harbor on the Egyptian Red Sea coast, have provided extensive evidence for trade with India, South-Arabia and sub-Saharan Africa. The results of the 1999 and 2000 excavations by the joint mission of the University of Delaware, Leiden University, and UCLA, have been published in a comprehensive report, with specialists' analyses of different object groups and an overview of evidence for the trade route from the Indian perspective. The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs, drawings, plans, and a large foldout map of Berenike and Sikait.