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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paprocki, Maciej (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxbow Books, [2019]
Temas:
Roads, Roman > Egypt > Eastern Desert.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Eastern Desert.
Archaeological surveying > Egypt > Eastern Desert.
Trade routes > Egypt > Eastern Desert.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
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
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  • Machine generated contents note: 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
  • 2.1. Factors influencing road network structure in Roman Egypt
  • 2.2. Dense and sparse zones in the Egyptian deserts under the Roman influence
  • 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 between Africa 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
  • 5.1. Roads of the Eastern Desert
  • northern section
  • 5.2. Roads of the Eastern Desert
  • central 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 and Kharga 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.

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