Charmutha was an ancient harbor located on the shores of the Red Sea,[1] along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula. Its exact position, between the city of Yanbu and the bay of Jeddha, is disputed.

According to Diodorus the Sicilian,[2] Charmutha was one of the most renowned ports of antiquity. Its cothon resembled that of Carthage and consisted of two basins, the first rectangular, the second circular.[3] It was large enough to accommodate 2,000 boats. There was a wooded island with the possibility of market gardening, fed by many freshwater canals.

References

  1. ↑ Horace, Jones (1917). The Geography of Strabo. London: William heineman.
  2. ↑ Dowall (1814). The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian. p. Volume 1.
  3. ↑ Bertrand, Lepoivre. "The Cothon of Charmutha".

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