Mersa Gawasis is a small Egyptian harbor on the Red Sea and a former Egyptian port city. The harbor lies at the mouth of Wadi Gawasis,25 km north is the city of Safaga and 50 km south al-Qusair.
The place was apparently used as a port in the reigns of Senusret I to Amenemhat IV of the 12th Dynasty, and served as a loading point for expeditions to Punt. The harbor was also a starting point for journeys to the mines of Sinai.
Excavation of the harbor and former settlement at Quseir EL-Qadim have provided indicators pointing towards trade with India. The port, called Myos Hromos,or “Mussel Harbor”, at that time was the Roman Empire’s main port for trade with North Africa and points beyond and is mentioned in the texts of Pliny, Strabo, and Periplus. Imported goods would have arrived at Myos Hromos and then be shipped north to the port of Quft, and then on to Alexandria for shipping to the rest of the Mediterranean sea.
هو ميناء مصرى صغير يقع فى البحر الأحمر وكان الميناء الرسمى لمصر قديما. الميناء يقع على لسان منطقة وادى جواسيس 25 كيلومتر شمالا مدينة سفاجا و50 كيلومتر جنوب مدينة القصير.
المكان كان يستخدم كميناء في عهدي سنوسرت الأول وأمنمحات الرابع من الأسرة 12 وكان بمثابة نقطة انطلاق الحملات المعروفة إلى بلاد بونت وكان الميناء أيضا نقطة انطلاق لرحلات مناجم سيناء.
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Mersa Gawasis – (Ancient Egyptian Saww) Mersa Gawasis is a small Egyptian harbor on the Red Sea and a former Egyptian port city.
