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Title Kellis a Roman-period village in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis / edited by Colin A. Hope, Gillian E. Bowen
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Summary Kellis was a village in the Dakhleh Oasis in the Egyptian Western Desert inhabited continuously from the first to the late fourth century AD. Previously unexcavated, it has in recent decades yielded a wealth of data unsurpassed by most sites of the period due to the excellent state of preservation. We know the layout of the village with its temples, churches, residential sectors and cemeteries, and the excavators have retrieved vast quantities of artefacts, including a wealth of documents. The study of this material yields an integrated picture of life in the village, including the transition from ancient religious beliefs to various branches of Christianity. This volume provides accounts of the lived-in environment and its material culture, social structure and economy, religious beliefs and practices, and burial traditions. The topics are covered by an international team of specialists, culminating in an inter-disciplinary approach that will illuminate life in Roman Egypt
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-462) and indexes
Subject Romans -- Egypt.
Antiquities
Romans
SUBJECT Dakhla Oasis (Egypt) -- Antiquities
Kellis (Extinct city) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007073
Subject Egypt
Egypt -- Dakhla Oasis
Egypt -- Kellis (Extinct city)
Kellis.
Form Electronic book
Author Hope, Colin A., editor
Bowen, Gillian E., editor
ISBN 9780511844362
0511844360
9781009234207
100923420X