🏛️ Coptos-Myos Hormos
Ancient Red Sea port and Greco-Roman trade hub in Upper Egypt
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near modern Quft in Qena Governorate, Upper Egypt
- Major Ptolemaic and Roman-era port for Indian Ocean trade
- Archaeological remains include temple foundations, warehouses, and residential structures
- Site spans approximately 20 hectares with significant subsurface deposits
Coptos-Myos Hormos represents a crucial junction between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea trade networks during the Greco-Roman period. The site comprises two distinct but related settlements: Coptos proper, an inland town, and Myos Hormos (also called Quseir al-Qadim), the associated port facility approximately 40 kilometres eastward. Together they functioned as the principal interchange for goods flowing between Egypt, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean ...