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An Oasis City

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Nicola Aravecchia,Raffaella Cribiore,Paola Davoli,Olaf E. Kaper,Susanna McFadden

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An Oasis City

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Nicola Aravecchia,Raffaella Cribiore,Paola Davoli,Olaf E. Kaper,Susanna McFadden

Scattered through the vast expanse of stone and sand that makes up Egypt’s Western Desert are several oases. These islands of green in the midst of the Sahara owe their existence to springs and wells drawing on ancient aquifers. In antiquity, as today, they supported agricultural communities, going back to Neolithic times but expanding greatly in the millennium from the Saite pharaohs to the Roman emperors. New technologies of irrigation and transportation made the oases integral parts of an imperial economy. Amheida, ancient Trimithis, was one of those oasis communities. Located in the western part of the Dakhla Oasis, it was an important regional center, reaching a peak in the Roman period before being abandoned. Over the past decade, excavations at this well-preserved site have revealed its urban layout and brought to light houses, streets, a bath, a school, and a church. The only standing brick pyramid of the Roman period in Egypt has been restored. Wall-paintings, temple reliefs, pottery, and texts all contribute to give a lively sense of its political, religious, economic, and cultural life. This book presents these aspects of the city’s existence and its close ties to the Nile valley, by way of long desert roads, in an accessible and richly illustrated fashion.

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'Ain el-Gedida

2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida IV)

By: Nicola Aravecchia

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'Ain el-Gedida

2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida IV)

By: Nicola Aravecchia

The fourth volume in the Amheida series, ‘Ain el-Gedida: 2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida IV) presents the systematic record and interpretation of the archaeological evidence from the excavations at ‘Ain el-Gedida, a fourth-century rural settlement in Egypt's Dakleh Oasis uniquely important for the study of early Egyptian Christianity and previously known only from written sources. Nicola Aravecchia (Washington University), the Deputy Field Director of NYU's Amheida Excavations, offers a history of the site and its excavations, followed by an integrated topographical and archaeological interpretation of the site and its significance for the history of Christianity in Egypt. In the second half of the volume a team of international experts presents catalogs and interpretations of the archaeological finds, including ceramics (Delphine Dixneuf, CRNS), coins (David M. Ratzan, NYU), ostraca and graffiti (Roger S. Bagnall, NYU and Dorota Dzierzbicka, University of Warsaw), small finds (Dorota Dzierzbicka, University of Warsaw), and zooarcheological remains (Pamela J. Crabtree, NYU and Douglas Campana).

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1479803014

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Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church

Volume I, The Excavations (Amheida VII)

By: Nicola Aravecchia

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Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church

Volume I, The Excavations (Amheida VII)

By: Nicola Aravecchia

An archaeological, historical, and art historical study of a remarkable early church excavated at Amheida in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis): A Fourth-Century Church. Volume 1: The Excavations is an archaeological, historical, and art historical study of a remarkable basilica-church excavated at Amheida in Dakhla Oasis. This church, excavated between 2012 and 2023, dates to the fourth century CE and therefore is among the earliest purpose-built churches in Egypt. It also contains one of the oldest, if not the oldest, excavated Christian funerary crypts in the country. The church at Amheida thus offers a wealth of new data on early Christianity in Egypt, particularly with respect to the earliest phases of Christian art and architecture and burial customs. Aravecchia presents a systematic treatment of the stratigraphy, building techniques, materials, features, architecture, decoration, and finds of the church, carefully contextualized in contemporary developments in early Christianity in the late antique Great Oasis and Egypt more broadly.

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Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church

Volume I, The Excavations (Amheida VII)

By: Nicola Aravecchia

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Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church

Volume I, The Excavations (Amheida VII)

By: Nicola Aravecchia

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'Ain el-Gedida

2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida IV)

By: Nicola Aravecchia

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2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida IV)

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An Oasis City

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'Ain el-Gedida

'Ain el-Gedida

Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church

Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church

Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church

Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church

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