Port of Myos Hormos and its Relations to Indo-Roman Trade

dedicated to Prof. David Peacock From at least the middle of the 2nd millennium BC Egypt was sending vessels to the mouth of the Red Sea, to Punt and beyond, to bring back myrrh and frankincense, along with other exotic artefacts of trade and tribute (Casson 1989, p. 11, n. 2). However, it was not until descriptions given by the Classical geographers and accounts in the 1st century AD Periplus Maris Erythraei (Casson 1989) of voyages within the Red Sea and beyond, that detailed evidence for t..