Adulis and the transshipment of baboons during classical antiquity

Adulis, located on the Red Sea coast in present-day Eritrea, was a bustling trading centre between the first and seventh centuries CE. Several classical geographers—Agatharchides of Cnidus, Pliny the Elder, Strabo—noted the value of Adulis to Greco-Roman Egypt, particularly as an emporium for living...

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Main Authors: Franziska Grathwol, Christian Roos, Dietmar Zinner, Benjamin Hume, Stéphanie M Porcier, Didier Berthet, Jacques Cuisin, Stefan Merker, Claudio Ottoni, Wim Van Neer, Nathaniel J Dominy, Gisela H Kopp
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Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2023-09-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/87513