
H 290 x W 205 mm
304 pages
536 figures, 31 tables (colour throughout)
Published Oct 2025
ISBN
Hardback: 9781805830993
Digital: 9781805831006
Keywords
Egypt; Ptolemaic Kingdom; Nile Delta; Alexandria’s Hinterland; Archaeology; Ancient History; Greco-Roman Egypt
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Edited by Mohamed Kenawi, Giorgia Marchiori
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This volume presents findings from 2017–2020 excavations at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit, focusing on Hellenistic housing and a public bathhouse. It highlights trade links with the Aegean, Gaza, and Cilicia, and includes insights into the Western Nile Delta’s role post-AD 641.
Preface
Introduction: The Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit Archaeological Project—Second Phase: 2017–2020, The Ptolemaic Contexts – Mohamed Kenawi and Giorgia Marchiori
Chapter 1: Remote Sensing in the Western Nile Delta – Mohamed Kenawi
Chapter 2: A Report on the Ptolemaic District of Kom al-Ahmer – Giorgia Marchiori, Marcus Müller and Mohamed Kenawi
Chapter 3: A Tower House at Kom al-Ahmer – Bianca Badalucco
Chapter 4: Finds from Kom al-Ahmer: The Ptolemaic District – Urška Furlan
Chapter 5: A Late Dynastic to Early Ptolemaic Tower House at Kom Wasit – Ole Herslund
Chapter 6: The Tholoi Baths of Kom Wasit: Exploring Changes in Architecture and Funerary Reuse Practices during the Ptolemaic-Roman Periods – Nunzia Larosa
Chapter 7: Finds from Kom Wasit 2017–2019 – Urška Furlan
Chapter 8: Greek Pottery and Egyptian Imitations at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit – Hannah L. Ringheim
Chapter 9: Le Monete Dalle Campagne 2017–2023. Alcune Riflessioni – Michele Asolati and Cristina Crisafulli
Chapter 10: The Delta After the Late Roman Period – Mohamed Kenawi
Life during Fieldwork at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit
Mohamed Kenawi is an archaeologist specialising in Hellenistic and Roman archaeology. He is a Research Associate at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester. He has taught at the American University in Cairo, the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, Catania University, the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
Giorgia Marchiori is an archaeologist with a PhD in Egyptian Archaeology from Durham University, where her research centred on the study of a non-elite Late Antique house at Kom al-Ahmer, exploring aspects of daily life during that period. Currently, she is a Research Associate on the OASCIV project at the University of Leicester.