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H 290 x W 205 mm

304 pages

536 figures, 31 tables (colour throughout)

Published Oct 2025

Archaeopress Archaeology

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Hardback: 9781805830993

Digital: 9781805831006

DOI 10.32028/9781805830993

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Keywords
Egypt; Ptolemaic Kingdom; Nile Delta; Alexandria’s Hinterland; Archaeology; Ancient History; Greco-Roman Egypt

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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.

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Contents

Preface

 

Introduction: The Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit Archaeological Project—Second Phase: 2017–2020, The Ptolemaic ContextsMohamed Kenawi and Giorgia Marchiori

 

Chapter 1: Remote Sensing in the Western Nile DeltaMohamed 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-AhmerBianca 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 PeriodsNunzia Larosa

Chapter 7: Finds from Kom Wasit 2017–2019Urška 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 PeriodMohamed Kenawi

 

Life during Fieldwork at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit

About the Author

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.