Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church : Volume I, The Excavations (Amheida VII) / Nicola Aravecchia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aravecchia, Nicola, Author.

Series:

ISAW Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amheida Site (Egypt)--Antiquities.

Amheida Site (Egypt).

Dakhla Oasis (Egypt)--Church history.

Dakhla Oasis (Egypt).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An archaeological, historical, and art historical study of a remarkable early church excavated at Amheida in Egypt's Dakhla OasisEarly Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis): A Fourth-Century Church. Volume 1: The Excavations is an archaeological, historical, and art historical study of a remarkable basilica-church excavated at Amheida in Dakhla Oasis. This church, excavated between 2012 and 2023, dates to the fourth century CE and therefore is among the earliest purpose-built churches in Egypt. It also contains one of the oldest, if not the oldest, excavated Christian funerary crypts in the country. The church at Amheida thus offers a wealth of new data on early Christianity in Egypt, particularly with respect to the earliest phases of Christian art and architecture and burial customs. Aravecchia presents a systematic treatment of the stratigraphy, building techniques, materials, features, architecture, decoration, and finds of the church, carefully contextualized in the early Christianity of the late antique Great Oasis and Egypt more broadly.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Early Christianity in the Great Oasis

Chapter 3: Area 2.3: The Church

Chapter 4: Survey and Excavations to the South the Church

Chapter 5: The Underground Funerary Crypts

Chapter 6: The Painted Ceiling of the Church

Chapter 7: Discussion of the Archaeological Evidence

Chapter 8: Epilogue

Table of Chronology

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781479813544

1479813540

OCLC:

1522903067