A Falcon Shrine at the Port of Berenike (Red Sea Coast, Egypt)

During excavations at the Hellenistic-Roman port of Berenike (on Red Sea coast Egypt) in winter 2019, work so-called Northern Complex documented a religious space from Late Roman period. The excavation portion this recorded material that, together with architecture, suggests ritual function associated falcon cult. This study examines features edifice and interpretation materials found it proposes possible relationship Blemmyan population who lived between fourth sixth centuries CE.1