Excavations in Akhmīm, Egypt: Continuity and change in city life from late antiquity to the present. First Report - Paperback

by Sheila McNally (Author), Ivančica Dvorzak Schrunk (Author)

Subtitled Continuity and change in city life from late antiquity to the present' this first report' presents a summary of the University of Minnesota's study and excavations in the town of Akhmim. Areas covered include discussion of the site and the history of the project, excavation, architecture, the cemetery, late Roman and Islamic pottery, Egyptian slip wares, and pottery evidence for changes over time.