Traces of navigation on the Dead Sea in ancient times (7th century BC - 2nd century AD), p. 2: Ancient harbours and piers on the Dead Sea Cover Image

Ślady żeglugi po Morzu Martiným w starożytności (YII przed Chr.-II po Chr.): stan i perspektyiny badań, cz. II: Starożytne porty i przystanie nad Morzem Martiným
Traces of navigation on the Dead Sea in ancient times (7th century BC - 2nd century AD), p. 2: Ancient harbours and piers on the Dead Sea

Author(s): Piotr Briks
Subject(s): Archaeology, Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Dead Sea; Israel; sailing; Ma’aganit ha-Melach; Khirbet Mazin; Mezad Gozal; En Gedi; Ein ez-Zara; Kalliroe; Masada; Mint el-Mazra’a; Wadi Numeira;

Summary/Abstract: First part of this article presented an overview of the ancient texts about sailing on the Dead Sea, conditions of this sailing, iconographie sources and the first group of the direct archaeological evidences, that is, anchors found around the Dead Sea. The second part of this paper is paid to research on ruins identifiable as the remains of the marinas or ports on the Dead Sea (Ma’aganit ha-Melach, Khirbet Mazin, Mezad Gozal) and presents also hypotheses about possible locations of this kind of constructions in antiquity, after which no traces are preserved or found (En Gedi, Ein ez-Zara — Kalliroe, Masada, Mint el-Mazra’a, Wadi Numeira, mouth of the Jordan river).

  • Issue Year: 37/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 3-22
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish