An Oasis City: 6 (ISAW Monographs)
Roger S. Bagnall
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Description for An Oasis City: 6 (ISAW Monographs)
Hardcover. Series: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 128 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 264 x 23. Weight in Grams: 674.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479889228
SKU
V9781479889228
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About Roger S. Bagnall
Roger S. Bagnall (Author) Roger S. Bagnall is Leon Levy Director and Professor of Ancient History Emeritus at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. He is author, co-author, and editor of many books including Egypt in Late Antiquity and Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East. Nicola Aravecchia (Author) ... Read more
Reviews for An Oasis City: 6 (ISAW Monographs)
"[T]his is indeed a valuable contribution to the study of the history of the Oases of the Western Desert."
Ancient Egypt Magazine
"Bagnall and his colleagues have performed a signal service in excavating Amheida so thoroughly and publishing their findings so meticulously."
TLS
Ancient Egypt Magazine
"Bagnall and his colleagues have performed a signal service in excavating Amheida so thoroughly and publishing their findings so meticulously."
TLS