http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050507/fob7.asp "These and other discoveries at what was once a port known as Mersa Gawasis offer an unprecedented look at the earliest known sea expeditions conducted for pharaohs."
the old egyptian nam eof this port was (sAww,sAw,sw)as it was in the old egyptian texts i studied and mersa gawasis name means "spys harebour" in arabic -the modern name- and the word "gawasis" is the plural from the word "gasws" , which was related with the small spying ships during the islamic period as it was called "gasws" ,then the name ment to relate to the small spying ships . and the first excavation there was by :Professor abd al monam adb al haliem sayed, alexandria universtiy khaled mohei el dine, egyptology student, alexandria,egypt. khaled_24_7@hotmail.com
the old egyptian nam eof this port was (sAww,sAw,sw)as it was in the old egyptian texts i studied and mersa gawasis name means "spys harebour" in arabic
ReplyDelete-the modern name- and the word "gawasis" is the plural from the word "gasws" , which was related with the small spying ships during the islamic period as it was called "gasws" ,then the name ment to relate to the small spying ships .
and the first excavation there was by :Professor abd al monam adb al haliem sayed, alexandria universtiy
khaled mohei el dine,
egyptology student,
alexandria,egypt.
khaled_24_7@hotmail.com