The Great Oasis of Egypt
The Kharga and Dakhla Oases in Antiquity

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Roger S. Bagnall and Gaëlle Tallet
Part I. Living in the Oasis: Humans and the Environment:
2. Water resources and irrigation in two oases of the Western Desert of Egypt, Kharga and Dakhla Jean-Paul Bravard
3. The ancient population of the Kharga Oasis Françoise Dunand and Roger Lichtenberg
4. Trimithis: a case study of Proto-Byzantine urbanism Paola Davoli
Part II. Managing the Oasis:
5. The Great Oasis: an administrative entity from Pharaonic times to Roman times Roger S. Bagnall and Gaëlle Tallet
6. Land and resource administration: farmers, managers, and soldiers in the Great Oasis Rodney Ast
7. What remains in the hands of the Gods: taxation in Kharga Oasis through the Demotic Ostraca (fifth century BC–first century AD) Damien Agut-Labordère
Part III. Trade and Mobility in a Connected Environment:
8. The North Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey (NKODAAS): surveying the tracks between the two Oases Salima Ikram
9. And the potsherds? Some avenues of reflection and synthesis on the pottery of the Great Oasis Pascale Ballet
10. Egyptian and imported amphorae at Amheida Clementina Caputo
11. Kegs from Amheida Irene Soto Marin
12. El-Deir as a switching point Yaël Chevalier
Part IV. An Oasis Culture?:
13. Temple building on the Egyptian margins: the geopolitical issues behind Seti II and Ramesses IX's activity at Amheida Olaf E. Kaper
14. Funerary practices in the Great Oasis during Antiquity Françoise Dunand and Fleur Letellier-Willemin
15. Was there an interest in literary culture in the Great Oasis? Some answers Raffaella Cribiore
16. The House of Serenos and wall painting in the Western Oases Susanna McFadden.

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