Adulis

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Adulis

‎𐩱 𐩵 𐩡 𐩪 ኣዱሊ
A 5th-century Byzantine Christian basilica at Adulis, excavated in 1914
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Location	Eritrea
Region	Northern Red Sea
Coordinates	15°15′47″N 39°39′38″E / 15.263061°N 39.660552°E / 15.263061; 39.660552

Adulis (Sabaean: ሰበኣ ‎𐩱 𐩵 𐩡 𐩪, Ge'ez: ኣዱሊስ, Ancient Greek: Ἄδουλις^[1]) was an ancient city along the Red Sea in the Gulf of Zula, about 40 kilometers (25 mi) south of Massawa. Its ruins lie within the modern Eritrean city of Zula. It was the emporium considered part of the D’mt and the Kingdom of Aksum. It was close to Greece and the Byzantine Empire, with its luxury goods and trade routes. Its location can be included in the area known to the ancient Egyptians as the Land of Punt, perhaps coinciding with the locality of Wddt, recorded in the geographical list of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.^[2]