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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, g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bagnall, Roger S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Excavations (Archaeology)
Classical antiquities.
HISTORY > Ancient > Egypt.
Fouilles (Archeologie) > Égypte > Amheida (Site archeologique)
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Amheida Site.
Egypt > Amheida Site.
Egypt.
Amheida (Égypte : Site archeologique)
Egypt > Antiquities, Roman.
Amheida Site (Egypt)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Amheida in its surroundings
  • Amheida before the Romans
  • The urban landscape during the Roman period
  • Egyptian religion at Trimithis during the Roman period
  • Christianity at Trimithis and in the Dakhla Oasis
  • Economy and society in the Roman oasis
  • Trimithis in the culture of the eastern Roman empire.

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