Название: Dakhleh Oasis and the Western Desert of Egypt under the Ptolemies
Автор: James C. R. Gill
Издательство: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785701355
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 502
Для сайта: LitMy
Размер: 17,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
Through an analysis of recently discovered Ptolemaic pottery from Mut al-Kharab, as well as a reexamination of pottery collected by the Dakhleh Oasis Project during the survey of the oasis from 1978-1987, this book challenges the common perception that Dakhleh Oasis experienced a sudden increase in agricultural exploitation and a dramatic rise in population during the Roman Period. It argues that such changes had already begun to take place during the Ptolemaic Period, likely as the result of a deliberate strategy directed toward this region by the Ptolemies.