‘Ain el-Gedida: 2006–2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt’s Western Desert by Nicola Aravecchia (review)

• Autores: Kimberly Bowes
• Localización: Journal of early Christian studies: Journal of the North American Patristic Society, ISSN 1067-6341, Nº. 3, 2020, págs. 471-473
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Part of the largest of these mounds (Mound I) was subject to detailed excavation, in which was discovered a probable temple converted to use as a ceramic facility, a complex of rooms which included ovens and other domestic facilities, and a church complex. On the western side of the mound, a long rectangular structure with internal niches—a probable previous temple—was converted in the fourth century into a ceramic production workshop with vats for clay processing, while kilns (unexcavated) probably lay outside. Aravecchia offers a judicious assessment of the various options—epoikion, monastery, village, military site.