Muos Hormos

Information from the Periplus

Ancient Toponym: Muos Hormos
Place Type: Designated Harbor
Route: Western route
Next on Route: Berenikē
Ancient Area: Africa
Periplus Chapter: PME, Ch. 1

Topographic info

Longitude 34.24401
Latitude 26.156611
Location Source: Pleiades

Modern Identification: near Qosseir
Modern Country: Egypt

Passage from the Periplus

Of the designated harbors of the Erythraean Sea and the ports of trade on it, first comes Egypt’s port of Myos Hormos and, beyond it, after a sail of 1800 stades to the right, Berenice. The ports of both are bays of the Red Sea on the edge of Egypt. (from the Casson translation)

Bibliography

Ancient source: Strabo, Geography, 16.4.24

Bibliography: Bülow-Jacobsen (1994). The identification of Myos Hormos: new papyrological evidence; Whitcomb (1996). “Quseir al-Qadim and the location of Myos Hormos,” Toπoι. Orient - Occident, 6.1996: 747-772.