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The harbor of early Roman “Imperial” Berenike: overview of excavations from 2009 to 2015

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Zych I.
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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2017
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vol. 26(2)
93-132
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Excavations by the American–Polish project in Berenike on the Red Sea, co-directed from 2008 by Steven E. Sidebotham (University of Delaware) and Iwona Zych (PCMA University of Warsaw), have aimed at uncovering and reconstructing the ancient landscape of the southwestern embayment, tentatively identified as the harbor of the Hellenistic and early Roman city, and its immediate vicinity. A review of the evidence from the excavation of several trenches in this area paints a picture of the bay—still incomplete—and contributes to a reconstruction of the cultural and economic landscape, the "lived experience" of the town's inhabitants and incoming merchants and sailors during the heyday of "Imperial" Berenike, that is, in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.
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Lychnological miscellanea from Polish excavations in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean

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Zych I.
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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2019
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vol. 28(1)
469-554
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A review article collecting obscure publications and mentions of finds of lamps (made of clay and glass, some of stone and metal as well) and lighting accessories, like wicks, wick holders and lamp stands and holders (polycandela) scattered in reports and papers of the archaeological excavations carried out or under the auspices of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, published in the past 60 years since the Centre’s founding in 1959. The article draws upon finds presented conjointly with reports from excavations, often including significant contextual information about the discoveries, which are still to see their final publication. This data is summarized in relevant cases, the author contributing, wherever possible, new insight and interpretations, citing new parallels and introducing occasional corrigenda.
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Berenike's riches: natural resources and materials in the archaeological record

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Zych I.
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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2020
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vol. 29(1)
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The presentation lists primarily natural resources and other commodities represented in the archaeological record derived from 20 seasons of excavations between 1994 and 2015 at the harbor site of Berenike on the Red Sea, first by a Dutch–American and then by a Polish–American team. Categories include spices/condiments, incense/frankincense, minerals and metals (gold included), precious and semiprecious stones, cameo blanks, ivory, cowry shells, turtle shell, raw glass, as well as botanics (foodstuffs) and exotic and domestic animals, not to mention human slaves. The less obvious resources that are attested indirectly in the archaeological record include water, wine and olive oil. A separate category are the building materials: stone of different kind and wood, both locally procured and imported. The main objective of the project is to work toward a network visualization of the resources (and other commodities) in the archaeological record from the different, currently excavated sites in the trade network and to compare it in the future to the ex-isting network visualization of the list of goods extracted from the Periplus Maris Erythraei, a 1st century AD sailing and trading guide.
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Preface

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Zych I., Chrzanovski L.
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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2019
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vol. 28(1)
9-13
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Preface to a special collection volume on lamp studies gathering together material from new and old finds from Spain in the west to the Eastern Mediterranean and even India, mainly from the Hellenistic through Byzantine times.
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Religious cults in late Berenike: excavation of a shrine in trench BE18/19-116

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Zych I., Kołosowska E., Oleksiak J.
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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2019
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vol. 28(2)
195-214
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Foreword

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Zych I., Gawlikowski M., Oller Guzmán J.
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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2020
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vol. 29(1)
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Ten years after the Red Sea III conference: "Natural Resources and Cultural Connections of the Red Sea", held at the British Museum on 27–28 October 2006, enough new data has been made available to warrant another in-depth look at the archaeology of natural resources extraction and processing (mines, workshops, etc.). The main themes of the conference are: 1) economic significance of commerce in natural resources passing through the Red Sea; 2) intermediaries in the natural resources trade (“Who dun’it”); 3) other archaeological categories coexistent with the natural resources trade (pottery, glass etc.); 4) language/epigraphy: terms for natural resources: mining and processing/crafts work; 5) ethnoarchaeological evidence for exploitation and processing of natural resource
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Berenike Project. Hellenistic fort, Roman harbor, late Roman temple, and other fieldwork: archaeological work in the 2012 and 2013 seasons

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Sidebotham S. E., Zych I., Rądkowska J. K., Woźniak M.
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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2015
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vol. 24(1)
297-324
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Brief overview of two seasons of archaeological survey and excavation carried out in 2012 and 2013 at the site of Berenike on the Red Sea coast and in two sub-projects in the Eastern Desert: the prehistoric cattle cemetery at Wadi Khashab and the Roman-era emerald mines at Sikait and Nugrus. Highpoints of the work at Berenike included discovery of the Hellenistic fort and fortifications that mark the original settlement of the site in the third quarter of the 3rd century BC, continued clearance of harbor-related structures in the southwestern bay interpreted as the early Roman harbor of Berenike and the uncovering of an earlier phase of the late Roman harbor temple (so-called Lotus Temple) of the 5th–6th century AD in the harbor.
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Archaeological fieldwork in Berenike in 2014 and 2015: from Hellenistic rock-cut installations to abandoned temple ruins

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Zych I., Sidebotham S. E., Hense M., Rądkowska J. K., Woźniak M.
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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2016
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vol. 25
315-348
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The report brings a comprehensive summary of archaeological fieldwork and survey carried out in Berenike on the Red Sea coast of Egypt and in the Eastern Desert hinterland over the course of two seasons in 2014 and 2015. The completed magnetic map of the site is discussed in some detail, assessing the potential for future excavations. The report covers the most important discoveries of the two seasons, which include fragments of Middle Kingdom Pharaonic stelae, possibly pushing back the foundation of the harbor, archaeological evidence of a rock-cut watercollection system forming part of the Hellenistic-age fortifications and two inscribed stone bases, one of which records a secretary of an aromatics warehouse at Berenike, discovered undisturbed in the courtyard of the Great Temple of Berenike (also called the Serapis Temple). A previously unknown religious(?) complex was discovered on the western outskirts of the site thanks to work with Corona satellite imagery. In turn, analysis of the magnetic mapping of the city revealed an administrative(?) complex in the northern part of the town; the later, 5th and 6th century layers were examined inside a chamber with niche forming part of this complex. Work also continued in the early Roman harbor, uncovering among others a complete timber ship frame, and a collection of garnets in subsidiary buildings in the late Roman temenos located in the entrance to the southwestern bay.
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