Alalaiou (islands)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.T. Potts Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: D.T. Potts Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Alalaiou Inss., the modern Dahlak Archipelago in the Red Sea, which today comprises 126 islands.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/39281
15.7362779, 40.0062516
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Dahlak Kebir (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Nakura (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ἀλαλαίου (Alalaiou: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Aliaeu (30 BC - AD 300)
- Dahlak Archipelago (English, modern)
- Alalaiou (islands) connection Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare (unspecified date range)
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archipelago, island group, island
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 B2 Alalaiou Inss.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dahalak, opposite Massawa ERT
D.T. Potts, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Alalaiou (islands): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/39281> [accessed: 24 April 2025]
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