The Ancient Red Sea Port of Adulis, Eritrea: Report of the Etritro-British Expedition, 2004-5

by Lucy Blue, Evan Peacock, David Peacock

The port of Adulis was one of greatest significance in Antiquity. It is best known for its role in Aksumite trade during the fourth - seventh centuries AD. However it is also a major port of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a sailors' hand-book of the first century AD. Not only did it offer a good harbour on the route to India, but it was a source for luxuries such as ivory, tortoise-shell and rhinoceros horn. The site was first identified by Henry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842173081
• ISBN13: 9781842173084
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.4"