Nicola Aravecchia: 2 books
'Ain el-Gedida
2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
The fourth volume in the Amheida series, ‘Ain el-Gedida: 2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert 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...
by Roger S. Bagnall, Nicola Aravecchia, Raffaella Cribiore
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
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...