Babylon of Egypt : the archaeology of old Cairo and the origins of the city / Peter Sheehan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheehan, Peter.

Contributor:

Sheehan, Peter.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

American Research Center in Egypt reports ; v. 4.

American Research Center in Egypt conservation series ; 4.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeological site location.

Cairo (Egypt)--Antiquities.

Cairo (Egypt).

Architecture.

Architecture, Prehistoric.

Archaeological site location--Egypt--Cairo.

Egypt--Antiquities.

Egypt.

Antiquities.

Egypt--Cairo.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 179 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2010.

Summary:

Until recently, urban development made it almost impossible for archaeologists to investigate the pre-Arab history of Cairo. This changed (at least temporarily) in the early years of the century with a project that temporarily lowered groundwater levels in the part of the city that the Romans called Babylon. Based on new archaeological evidence, Sheehan examines the continuous occupation of the site of modern Cairo since the sixth century BC, including the massive stone walls of the canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea, the harbor constructed by Trajan at the canal's entrance around 110 AD, and the fortress of Babylon built by in 300 AD. The book also presents evidence for the early medieval transformation of the area into the nucleus of the Arab city of al-Fustat and, later, into the city now known as Cairo. Distributed in North America by Oxford University Press. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

American Research Center in Egypt ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789774162992

9774162994

OCLC:

679554905

Publisher Number:

99942232417