The fourth volume in the Amheida series, 'Ain el-Gedida: 2006-2008
Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida
IV) presents the systematic record and interpretation of the
archaeological evidence from the excavations at 'Ain el-Gedida, a
fourth-century rural settlement in Egypt's Dakleh Oasis uniquely
important for the study of early Egyptian Christianity and previously
known only from written sources.
Nicola Aravecchia (Washington University), the Deputy Field Director of
NYU's Amheida Excavations, offers a history of the site and its
excavations, followed by an integrated topographical and archaeological
interpretation of the site and its significance for the history of
Christianity in Egypt. In the second half of the volume a team of
international experts presents catalogs and interpretations of the
archaeological finds, including ceramics (Delphine Dixneuf, CRNS), coins
(David M. Ratzan, NYU), ostraca and graffiti (Roger S. Bagnall, NYU and
Dorota Dzierzbicka, University of Warsaw), small finds (Dorota
Dzierzbicka, University of Warsaw), and zooarcheological remains (Pamela
J. Crabtree, NYU and Douglas Campana).