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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      16 February 2022
      13 January 2022
      ISBN:
      9780511844362
      9780521190329
      9781009477512
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511844362
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.05kg, 516 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.986kg, 516 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology
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    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology
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    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.

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    ‘This volume … not only reports about the last four decades of scholarship, but also contributes to the further study of ancient Kellis in all its aspects.’

    Mattias Brand Source: Biblioteca Orientalis

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    • 1 - Kellis in Context
      pp 1-14
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