Roads in the Deserts of Roman Egypt Analysis, Atlas, Commentary.

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Egypt under the Romans (30 BCE-3rd century CE) was a period when local deserts experienced an unprecedented flurry of activity. In the Eastern Desert, a marked increase in desert traffic came from imperial prospecting/quarrying activities and caravans transporting wares to and from the Red Sea ports...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paprocki, Maciej
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited, 2019.
Temas:
Roads, Roman > Egypt > Eastern Desert.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Eastern Desert.
Archaeological surveying > Egypt > Eastern Desert.
Trade routes > Egypt > Eastern Desert.
Archaeological surveying
Classical antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Roads, Roman
Trade routes
Eastern Desert (Egypt) > Antiquities, Roman.
Oriental, Désert (Égypte) > Antiquités romaines.
Egypt > Eastern Desert
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Book Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • List of figures
  • 1 Introduction: research aims, book structure, and sources
  • 1.1. Main research aims and scope
  • 1.2. Structure of this book
  • 1.3. This book as an atlas: maps of desert trails of Roman Egypt
  • 1.4. Sources on ancient traffic along desert trails of Egypt
  • 2 Road networks of Roman Egypt
  • 2.2. Dense and sparse zones in the Egyptian deserts under the Roman influence
  • 2.1. Factors influencing road network structure in Roman Egypt
  • 3 Pack animals in ancient Egyptian desert transport: shifting patterns of use
  • 3.1. Donkeys
  • 3.2. Camels
  • 3.3. Oxen
  • 3.4. Horses
  • 4 Roads of the Sinai Peninsula
  • 4.1. Roman Sinai as the Nabataean trade corridor betweenAfrica and Asia
  • 4.2. Roads linking northern Egypt to Palestine
  • 4.3. Nabataean road nexus in the Negev
  • 4.4. Trails linking the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Suez
  • 4.5. Trails across the central and southern Sinai
  • 5 Roads of the Eastern Desert
  • 5.2. Roads of the Eastern Desert
  • central section
  • 5.1. Roads of the Eastern Desert
  • northern section
  • 5.3. Roads of the Eastern Desert
  • southern section
  • 6 Roads of the Western Desert
  • 6.1. Roads from Alexandria
  • 6.2. Roads between Memphis and selected Western Desert sites
  • 6.3. Roads from Siwa to the Mediterranean coast and the Nile Valley
  • 6.4. Roads from Bahariya Oasis to the Nile Valley
  • 6.5. Asyut Oasis Junction (roads from Farafra, Dakhla, andKharga to Asyut)
  • 6.6. Other roads from Kharga to the Nile Valley
  • 6.7. Roads crossing the Qena Nile Bend
  • 6.8. Roads linking Dunqul and Kurkur Oases with Syene, al Shabb,Selima, and Kharga Oases
  • 6.9. Roads between major oases
  • 6.10. Roads from major oases to sites beyond Egypt
  • 7 Road density area studies
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Area studies
  • 8 Conclusions and future research
  • Bibliography
  • General index
  • Geographical index

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