A site on the Red Sea near Massawa, Adule was used as a hunting ground for wild elephants by PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHUS (r. 285–246 B.C.E.) and PTOLEMY III EUERGETES (r. 246–221 B.C.E.). Adule and other nearby areas on the shores of the Red Sea were occupied by the Egyptians over the centuries, eventually becoming trade centers for goods imported from many distant lands and linked to well-known TRADE routes leading to the Nile.
