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The Great Oasis of Egypt : the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity

Title
The Great Oasis of Egypt : the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity / edited by Roger S. Bagnall, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, Gaëlle Tallet, University of Limoges.
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

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Additional Authors
  • Bagnall, Roger S.
  • Tallet, Gaëlle, 1974-
  • Oasis Magna : Kharga and Dakhla Oases in Antiquity (Conference) (2014 : New York University)
Description
xviii, 344 pages : illustrations (black and white and color), maps (black and white and color); 26 cm
Subject
  • Antiquities
  • Kharga (Egypt : Oasis) > Congresses
  • Kharga (Egypt : Oasis) > Antiquities > Congresses
  • Dakhla Oasis (Egypt) > Congresses
  • Dakhla Oasis (Egypt) > Antiquities > Congresses
  • Egypt > Dakhla Oasis
  • Egypt > Kharga (Oasis)
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Note
  • Papers originally presented at a conference held September, 2014, at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-333) and index.
Contents
Living in the Oasis : humans and the environment. Water resources and irrigation in two oases of the Western Desert of Egypt, Kharga and Dakhla / Jean-Paul Bravard -- Trimithis : a case study of proto-Byzantine urbanism / Paola Davoli -- Managing the Oasis. The Great Oasis : an administrative entity from pharaonic times to Roman times / Roger S. Bagnall and Gaelle Tallet -- Trade and mobility in a connected environment. The North Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey (NKODAAS) : Surveying the tracks between the two oases / Salima Ikram -- An Oasis Culture? Temple building on the Egyptian margins : the geopolitical issues behind Seti II and Ramesses IX's activity at Amheida / Olaf E. Kaper.
Call Number
JFF 20-43
ISBN
  • 9781108482165
  • 1108482163
  • 9781108581509 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2019002789
  • 40029338892
OCLC
1083699743
Title
The Great Oasis of Egypt : the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity / edited by Roger S. Bagnall, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, Gaëlle Tallet, University of Limoges.
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-333) and index.
Added Author
Bagnall, Roger S., editor.
Tallet, Gaëlle, 1974- editor.
Oasis Magna : Kharga and Dakhla Oases in Antiquity (Conference) (2014 : New York University)
Other Form:
ebook version : 9781108581509
Other Standard Identifier
40029338892
Research Call Number
JFF 20-43
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