The Eastern Desert of Egypt during the Greco-Roman Period: Archaeological Reports

The Eastern Desert of Egypt during the Greco-Roman Period: Archaeological Reports

Jean-Pierre Brun, Thomas Faucher, Bérangère Redon et Steven Sidebotham (dir.)

Institut des civilisations

Extrait

The Eastern Desert of Egypt extends over a vast area of mountains and sandy plains between the Nile and the Red Sea. Its natural riches –gold, gems and high quality stones (such as granite from Mons Claudianus, Tiberianè or Ophiatès, porphyry from Porphyritès, basanites [greywacke] from the Wâdi al-Hammâmât, etc.)– have, despite the difficulties due to harsh climatic conditions, been exploited since the Predynastic period. The Pharaohs, the Ptolemies and the Roman emperors often sent exped...

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Note de l’éditeur

This book comes from a colloquium held at the Collège de France in Paris on March 30^th and 31^st, 2016.
Its objective was to take stock of the archaeological work of the last forty years by bringing together all the invited field actors to present a synthesis of their research on the occupation and exploitation of the Ptolemaic desert at the end of the Byzantine period.
Caption cover image: The Roman fort of Dios, 2^nd-3^rd century AD
© J.-P. Brun

• Éditeur : Collège de France
• Collection : Institut des civilisations
• Lieu d’édition : Paris
• Année d’édition : 2018
• Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 14 septembre 2018
• ISBN électronique : 9782722604889
• DOI : 10.4000/books.cdf.5230

Jean-Pierre Brun, Thomas Faucher, Bérangère Redon et al.

Introduction

Laure Pantalacci

Coptos, Gate to the Eastern Desert

Bérangère Redon

The Control of the Eastern Desert by the Ptolemies: New Archaeological Data

Thomas Faucher

Ptolemaic Gold: the Exploitation of Gold in the Eastern Desert

Hélène Cuvigny

A Survey of Place-Names in the Egyptian Eastern Desert during the Principate according to the Ostraca and the Inscriptions

Jean-Pierre Brun

Chronology of the Forts of the Routes to Myos Hormos and Berenike during the Graeco-Roman Period

Michel Reddé

The Fortlets of the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Adam Bülow-Jacobsen

Quarries with Subtitles

Wilfried Van Rengen

Some Topographical Problems around Myos Hormos: Philotera-Philoteris

Irene Bragantini, Giulio Lucarini, Andrea Manzo et al.

The Italian Archaeological Mission in the Eastern Desert: First Results from the Area of Wâdi Gasus

Martine Leguilloux

The Exploitation of Animals in the Roman Praesidia on the Routes to Myos Hormos and to Berenike: on Food, Transport and Craftsmanship

Marijke Van der Veen, Charlène Bouchaud, René Cappers et al.

Roman Life in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Food, Imperial Power and Geopolitics

Charlène Bouchaud, Claire Newton, Marijke Van der Veen et al.

Fuelwood and Wood Supplies in the Eastern Desert of Egypt during Roman Times

Lise Bender Jørgensen

Textiles from Mons Claudianus, ‘Abu Sha’ar and other Roman Sites in the Eastern Desert.

Felicity Wild et John Peter Wild

Textile Contrasts at Berenike

Pascale Ballet

Pottery from the Wâdi al-Hammâmât. Contexts and Chronology (Excavations of the Institut français d’archéologie orientale 1987-1989)

Roberta Tomber

Quarries, Ports and Praesidia: Supply and Exchange in the Eastern Desert

Dr. Lucy Blue

Port of Myos Hormos and its Relations to Indo-Roman Trade

Steven E. Sidebotham

Overview of Fieldwork at Berenike 1994-2015

Martin Hense

The Great Temple of Berenike

Rodney Ast

Berenike in Light of Inscriptions, Ostraca, and Papyri

Carol Meyer

Bi’r Umm Fawâkhir: Gold Mining in Byzantine Times in the Eastern Desert

Jean Gascou

Documentary and Literary News on Clysma

Jean-Luc Fournet

The Eastern Desert in Late Antiquity