Publications
2022
Nicola Aravecchia
Catechumens, Women, and Agricultural Laborers: Who Used the Fourth-Century Hall at the Church of ‘Ain el-Gedida, Egypt?
Journal of Late Antiquity 15.1 (2022), pp. 193–230.
DOI: 10.1353/jla.2022.0006
Paola Davoli (with a contribution by Nicholas Warner)
The House of Serenos, Part II: Archaeological Report on a Late-Roman Urban House at Trimithis (Amheida VI)
New York, ISAW/NYU Press (2022).
The volume is accompanied by an online, open-access digital image repository, which contains all of images in the volume, including the Harris matrices. These images are available to the the general public under a Creative Commons license.
2021
Nicola Aravecchia
The Hamlet of ʽAin el-Gedida in Dakhla Oasis: A Late Roman Epoikion?
Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 57 (2021), pp. 13–31. DOI: 10.5913/jarce.57.2021.a001
Roger S. Bagnall, Clementina Caputo
The Great Oasis in the Later Fourth Century
GRBS 61 (2021), pp. 527–50.
Roger S. Bagnall, Paola Davoli
Amheida (Dakhla Oasis): The First Fifteen Years
In: J. Kamrin et al., eds., Guardian of Ancient Egypt. Studies in Honor of Zahi Hawass (Prague, 2020), pp. 163–75.
2020
Nicola Aravecchia
The changing sacred landscape of Egypt's Western Desert in Late Antiquity: The case of 'Ain el-Gedida
American Journal of Archaeology 124 (2020), pp. 301-20.
DOI: 10.3764/aja.124.2.0301
Nicola Aravecchia
Geometric Painting in Late-Antique Egypt: The Ceiling of a 4th-c. Church at Amheida (Dakhla Oasis)
Journal of Roman Archaeology 33.1 (2020), pp. 449–66.,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047759420001117
Clementina Caputo
The House of Serenos - Part I: the pottery (Amheida V)
New York, NYU Press & ISAW (2020)
https://nyupress.org/9781479804658/the-house-of-serenos/
Raffaella Cribiore
The encomium of an official
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 213 (2020), pp. 98–101
Marina M.S. Nuovo, Silvia Prell
The mosaic that never was. Tesserae and raw material for an unlaid mosaic floor in Trimithis (Dakhla Oasis, Egypt)
Journal of Mosaic Research 13 (2020), pp. 191-217
https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.782363
2019
Nicola Aravecchia
'Ain el-Gedida - 2006-2008 excavations of a Late Antique site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida IV)
New York, NYU Press & ISAW (2019)
https://nyupress.org/9781479803019/ain-el-gedida/
Rodney Ast
Land and Resource Administration: farmers, managers, and soldiers in the Great Oasis
In: The Great Oasis of Egypt, the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity; R. S. Bagnall, G. Tallet (eds.)
Cambridge University Press (2019), pp. 105-121
Roger S. Bagnall, Gaëlle Tallet
The Great Oasis: an Administrative Entity from Pharaonic times to Roman times
in: The Great Oasis of Egypt, the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity; R. S. Bagnall, G. Tallet (eds.)
Cambridge University Press (2019), pp. 83-104
Pascale Ballet
And the potsherds? Some avenues of reflection and synthesis on the pottery of the Great Oasis
in: The Great Oasis of Egypt, the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity; R. S. Bagnall, G. Tallet (eds.)
Cambridge University Press (2019), pp. 152-167
Anna L. Boozer
The Archaeology of Amheida (Egypt)
in: The Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology; C. Smith (ed.)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_1108-2. (2019)
Jean-Paul Bravard
Water resources and irrigation in two oases of the Western Desert of Egypt: Kharga and Dakhla
in: The Great Oasis of Egypt, the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity; R. S. Bagnall, G. Tallet (eds.)
Cambridge University Press (2019), pp. 17-29
Clementina Caputo
Egyptian and imported amphoras at Amheida
in: The Great Oasis of Egypt, the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity; R. S. Bagnall, G. Tallet (eds.)
Cambridge University Press (2019), pp. 168-191
Raffaella Cribiore
Was there an interest in literary culture in the Great Oasis? Some answers
in: The Great Oasis of Egypt, the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity; R. S. Bagnall, G. Tallet (eds.)
Cambridge University Press (2019), pp. 269-280
Paola Davoli
Trimithis: a case study of Proto-Byzantine Urbanism
in: The Great Oasis of Egypt, the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity; R. S. Bagnall, G. Tallet (eds.),
Cambridge University Press (2019), pp. 46-80
Olaf E. Kaper
Temple building on the Egyptian margins: the geopolitical issues behind Seti II and Ramesses IX’s activity at Amheida
in: The Great Oasis of Egypt, the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity; R. S. Bagnall, G. Tallet (eds.)
Cambridge University Press (2019), pp. 221-236
Susanna McFadden
The house of Serenos and wall painting in the Western Oases
in: The Great Oasis of Egypt, the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity; R. S. Bagnall, G. Tallet (eds.)
Cambridge University Press (2019), pp. 281-296
Irene Soto Marín
Kegs from Amheida
in: The Great Oasis of Egypt, the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity; R. S. Bagnall, G. Tallet (eds.)
Cambridge University Press (2019), pp. 192-200
2017
Rodney Ast, Roger S. Bagnall
Amheida III. Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 2: Greek texts from the 2008-2013 seasons
New York, NYU Press & ISAW (2017)
https://nyupress.org/books/9781479853748/
Roger S. Bagnall, Clementina Caputo, Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Irene Soto Marín
New dating from ostraca for the dating of 4th-century ceramic assemblages
Bulletin de la liaison céraqmique égyptienne 27: 195–212.
Paola Davoli
A new public bath in Trimithis (Amheida, Dakhla Oasis)
in: Collective Baths in Egypt 2. Recent Discoveries and Perspectives; B. Redon (ed.)
Cairo, IFAO-Etudes urbaines 10 (2017), pp. 193-220
Günter Vittmann
An abnormal hieratic letter from Dakhleh Oasis (ostracon Amheida 16003)
in: A true scribe of Abydos. Essays on First Millennium Egypt in Honour of Anthony Leahy; C. Jurman, B. Bader and D. A. Aston (eds.)
Leuven, Peeters (2017), pp. 491-503
2016
Rodney Ast, Paola Davoli
Ostraka and stratigraphy at Amheida (Dakhla Oasis, Egypt): a methodological issue
in: Proceedings of the 27th International Congress of Papyrology Warsaw, 29 July – 3 August 2013; T. Derda, A. Łajtar, J. Urbanik (eds.)
Warsaw, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Supplements XXVIII (2016), pp. 1447-1471 PDF 11 MB
Roger S. Bagnall, Nicola Aravecchia, Raffaella Cribiore, Paola Davoli, Olaf E. Kaper, Susanna McFadden
An Oasis City
New York, NYU Press & ISAW (2016)
http://nyupress.org/books/9781479889228/
2015
Raffaella Cribiore, Günter Vittmann, Roger S. Bagnall
Inscriptions from tombs at Bir esh-Shaghala
Chronique d'Égypte 90 (2015), pp. 335-349 http://www.brepolsonline.net/loi/cde
Rodney Ast, Roger S. Bagnall
New evidence for the Roman garrison of Trimithis
Tyche 30 (2015), pp. 1–4 (tafeln 1-3)
https://doi.org/10.15661/tyche.2015.030.01
Anna L. Boozer
A Late Romano-Egyptian house in the Dakhla Oasis: Amheida House B2
(With contributions from Douglas V. Campana, Angela Cervi, Pam J. Crabtree, Paola Davoli, Delphine Dixneuf, David Ratzan, Giovanni Ruffini, Ursula Thanheiser, and Johannes Walter)
New York, NYU Press & ISAW (2015)
Open access version: http://dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/isaw/amheida-ii-house-b2/
Nicola Aravecchia, Tosha L. Dupras, Dorota Dzierzbicka, Lana Williams
The church at Amheida (ancient Trimithis) in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt: A bioarchaeological perspective on an Early Christian mortuary complex
Bioarchaeology of the Near East 9 (2015), pp. 21–43 PDF 0.7 MB
http://www.anthropology.uw.edu.pl/09/bne-09-02.pdf
Olaf E. Kaper
Petubastis IV in the Dakhla oasis: new evidence about an early rebellion against Persian rule and its suppression in political memory
in: Political memory in and after the Persian Empire; J. M. Silverman and C. Waerzeggers (eds.)
Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature (2015), pp. 125-149
http://www.sbl-site.org/publications/books_anemonographs.aspx
Dorothea Schulz
Colours in the oasis: the villa of Serenos
Egyptian Archaeology 46 (2015), pp. 23-26 PDF 0.8 MB
2014
Anna L. Boozer
Urban change at Late Roman Trimithis (Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt)
in: Egypt in the First Millennium AD: Perspectives from New Fieldwork; E. O’Connell (ed.)
Leuven, Peeters (2014), pp. 23-42
Clementina Caputo
Amheida/Trimithis (Dakhla Oasis): results from a pottery survey in area 11
Bulletin de liaison de la céramique égyptienne 24 (2014), pp. 163-177 PDF 3.6 MB
Paola Davoli
UniSalento nel deserto occidentale egiziano: dieci anni nell'Oasi di Dakhla
Il Bollettino dell'Università del Salento IV/5 (2014), pp. 23-26 PDF 0.4 MB
Susanna McFadden
Art on the edge: the late Roman wall painting of Amheida, Egypt
in: Akten des XI. Internationalen Kolloquiums der AIPMA (Association international pour la peinture murale antique)
Archäologische Forschungen 23 (2014), pp. 359-370 PDF 1.3 MB
2013
Roger S. Bagnall
Eine Wüstenstadt: leben und kultur in einer ägyptischen Oase im 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr.
Stuttgart, Steiner Franz Verlag (2013)
Anna L. Boozer
The archaeology of Amheida (Egypt)
in: The Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology; C. Smith (ed.)
Springer (2013)
Anna L. Boozer
Archaeology on Egypt's Edge: archaeological research in the Dakhleh Oasis, 1819-1977
Ancient West & East 12 (2013), pp. 117-156 PDF 0.5 MB
Anna L. Boozer
Frontiers and borderlands in imperial perspectives: exploring Rome's Egyptian frontier.
American Journal of Archaeology 117 (2013), pp. 275-292 PDF 1.5 MB
Raffaella Cribiore, Paola Davoli
New literary texts from Amheida, ancient Trimithis (Dakhla Oasis, Egypt)
Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 187 (2013), pp. 1-14 PDF 1.5 MB
2012
Nicola Aravecchia
The church complex of 'Ain el-Gedida, Dakhleh Oasis
in: The Oasis Papers 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project; R. S. Bagnall, P. Davoli, C. A. Hope (eds.)
Oxford, Oxbow (2012), pp. 391-408
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-oasis-papers-6.html
PDF 8.9 MB
Roger S. Bagnall and Raffaella Cribiore
Christianity on Thoth's Hill
in: The Oasis Papers 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project; R. S. Bagnall, P. Davoli, C. A. Hope (eds.)
Oxford, Oxbow (2012), pp. 409-415
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-oasis-papers-6.html
PDF 9.3 MB
Roger S. Bagnall and Giovanni R. Ruffini
Amheida I. Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 1: Texts from the 2004-2007 seasons
New York, NYU Press & ISAW (2012)
Open access version: http://dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/isaw/amheida-i-otrim-1
In print from NYU Press: http://nyupress.org/books/9780814745267/
Anna L. Boozer
Globalizing Mediterranean identities: the overlapping spheres of Egyptian, Greek and Roman worlds at Trimithis.
Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 25 (2012), pp. 93-116
http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/JMA/article/view/16355
Paola Davoli
Amheida 2007-2009: new results from the excavations
in: The Oasis Papers 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project; R. S. Bagnall, P. Davoli, C. A. Hope (eds.)
Oxford, Oxbow (2012), pp. 263-278
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-oasis-papers-6.html
PDF 5.9 MB
Paola Davoli
Reflections on urbanism in Graeco-Roman Egypt: a historical and regional perspective.
in: The Space of the city in Graeco-Roman Egypt : image and reality; E. Subías; P. Azara, J. Carruesco, I. Fiz, R. Cuesta (eds.)
Tarragona, Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica (2012), pp. 69-92 PDF 3 MB
Delphine Dixneuf
Ceramics from 'Ain el-Gedida, Dakhleh Oasis: preliminary results
in: The Oasis Papers 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project; R.S. Bagnall, P. Davoli, C.A. Hope (eds)
Oxford, Oxbow (2012), pp. 459-470
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-oasis-papers-6.html
PDF 1 MB
Olaf E. Kaper
Epigraphic evidence from the Dakhleh Oasis in the Late Period
in: The Oasis Papers 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project; R.S. Bagnall, P. Davoli, C.A. Hope (eds)
Oxford, Oxbow (2012), pp. 167-176
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-oasis-papers-6.html
PDF 1.6 MB
Constance S. Silver
Painted surfaces on mud plaster and three-Dimensional mud elements: The status of conservation treatments and recommendations for continuing research
in: The Oasis Papers 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project; R. S. Bagnall, P. Davoli, C. A. Hope (eds.)
Oxford, Oxbow (2012), pp. 337-347
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-oasis-papers-6.html
PDF 0.2 MB
Nicholas Warner
Amheida: Architectural conservation and site development, 2004-2009
in: The Oasis Papers 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project; R. S. Bagnall, P. Davoli, C. A. Hope (eds.)
Oxford, Oxbow (2012), pp. 363-379
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-oasis-papers-6.html
PDF 4.1 MB
2011
Anna L. Boozer
Forgetting to remember in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
in: Cultural Memory and Identity in Ancient Societies; M.Bommas (ed.)
London and New York, Continuum (2011), pp. 109-126
Olaf E. Kaper
Tempel an der "Rückseite der Oase": Aktuelle Grabungen decken eine ganze Kultlandschaft auf
Antike Welt 2 (2011), pp. 15-19
Dorothea Schulz
Die neue villa des Serenus: Rekonstruktionsarbeiten in der Wüste
Antike Welt 2 (2011), pp. 20-23
2010
Anna L. Boozer
Memory and microhistory of an empire: domestic contexts in Roman Amheida, Egypt
in: Archaeology and Memory; D. Boric (ed.)
Oxford, Oxbow (2010), pp. 138-157 PDF 2 MB
Paola Davoli, Raffaella Cribiore
Una scuola di greco del IV secolo d.C. a Trimithis (Oasi di Dakhla, Egitto)
Atene e Roma (2010) PDF 2 MB
Olaf E. Kaper
A Kemyt ostracon from Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis
Bulletin de l'Institut Français Archéologie Orientale 110 (2010), pp. 115-126 PDF 1.6 MB
Dorothea Schulz
De Villa van Serenus – een reconstructie
Monumenten 31/6 (2010) PDF 8 MB
2009
Olaf E. Kaper
Epigraphic evidence from the Dakhleh Oasis in the Libyan Period
in: The Libyan Period in Egypt, Historical and Cultural Studies into the 21st - 24th Dynasties: Proceedings of a conference at Leiden University, 25-27 October 2007 Egyptologische Uitgaven 23, Leiden; G. P. F. Broekman; R. J. Demarée and O. E. Kaper (eds.)
Netherlands Institute for the Near East, 2009, pp. 149-159
[download from the institutional repository of Leiden University]
Sander Muskens
Een romeinse stad in de Egyptische woestijn. Recent veldwerk in Amheida, Dachla Oase
Ta-Mery 2 (2009), pp. 7-12 PDF 2 MB
2008
Raffaella Cribiore, Paola Davoli, David M. Ratzan
A teacher's dipinto from Trimithis (Dakhleh Oasis)
Journal of Roman Archaeology 21 (2008) PDF 11 MB
2007
Anna L. Boozer
Housing empire: the archaeology of daily life in Roman Amheida, Egypt
Department of Anthropology. New York, Columbia University. Unpublished PhD Thesis, 2007
[download it from ProQuest]
2006
Roger S. Bagnall, Paola Davoli, Olaf E. Kaper, Helen Whitehouse
Roman Amheida: excavating a town in Egypt's Dakhleh oasis
Minerva 17/6 (2006) PDF 5.5 MB
Paola Davoli (with contributions by Roger S. Bagnall, Olaf E. Kaper)
I Romani nel deserto
Pharaon (Sep.2006) PDF 27 MB - PDF low res. 2 MB
Paola Davoli, Olaf E. Kaper
A new temple for Thoth in the Dakhleh Oasis
Egyptian Archaeology 28 (2006) PDF 4 MB
2005
Nicola Aravecchia
'Ain el-Gedida: Results from 2006 field season
in: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project (forthcoming) PDF 8.5 MB
Anna L. Boozer
In search of lost memories: domestic spheres and identities in Roman Amheida, Egypt
Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy Working Papers Series 05-07: 1-28 (2005) PDF 1.4 MB
Paola Davoli
Amheida 2004-2006: new results from the excavations
in: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project (forthcoming)
PDF 7.6 MB
Olaf E. Kaper, Robert J. Demarée
A Donation stela in the name of Takeloth III from Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis
Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux 39 (2005) PDF 6.5 MB
2004
Roger S. Bagnall, Giovanni R. Ruffini
Civic life in courth century Trimithis. Two ostraca from the 2004 excavations
Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 149 (2004) PDF 2 MB