Kom al-AhmerKom Wasit III presents the results of our investigations of the Hellenistic phases at the two sites. The survey and excavations occurred between 2017 and 2020 and focused on the residential districts, individual houses, and a public tholoi bathhouse. The volume also includes specialist contributions on the material culture, including Greek pottery and numismatic finds. The Western Nile Delta (the chora of Alexandria) enjoyed a very active life of commerce and trade with the Mediterranean ports. The imports found at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit emphasise the regions strong connection with the Aegean Sea, Gaza, and the Cilician region. In addition, an account on the situation of the Western Delta in the Early Arab period presents a fresh overview of the current debate on Egypt beyond AD 641.
Preface
Introduction: The Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit Archaeological ProjectSecond
Phase: 20172020, The Ptolemaic Contexts Mohamed Kenawi and Giorgia
Marchiori
Chapter 1: Remote Sensing in the Western Nile Delta Mohamed Kenawi
Chapter 2: A Report on the Ptolemaic District of Kom al-Ahmer Giorgia
Marchiori, Marcus Müller and Mohamed Kenawi
Chapter 3: A Tower House at Kom al-Ahmer Bianca Badalucco
Chapter 4: Finds from Kom al-Ahmer: The Ptolemaic District Urka Furlan
Chapter 5: A Late Dynastic to Early Ptolemaic Tower House at Kom Wasit Ole
Herslund
Chapter 6: The Tholoi Baths of Kom Wasit: Exploring Changes in Architecture
and Funerary Reuse Practices during the Ptolemaic-Roman Periods Nunzia
Larosa
Chapter 7: Finds from Kom Wasit 20172019 Urka Furlan
Chapter 8: Greek Pottery and Egyptian Imitations at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom
Wasit Hannah L. Ringheim
Chapter 9: Le Monete Dalle Campagne
20172023. Alcune Riflessioni Michele
Asolati and Cristina Crisafulli
Chapter 10: The Delta After the Late Roman Period Mohamed Kenawi
Life during Fieldwork at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit
Mohamed Kenawi is an archaeologist specialising in Hellenistic and Roman archaeology. He is a Research Associate at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester. He has taught at the American University in Cairo, the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, Catania University, the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
Giorgia Marchiori is an archaeologist with a PhD in Egyptian Archaeology from Durham University, where her research centred on the study of a non-elite Late Antique house at Kom al-Ahmer, exploring aspects of daily life during that period. Currently, she is a Research Associate on the OASCIV project at the University of Leicester.
