THE MOSLEM CEMETERIES ON KOM EL-DIKKA IN ALEXANDRIA. EXCAVATION SEASON 2004/2005
THE MOSLEM CEMETERIES ON KOM EL-DIKKA IN ALEXANDRIA. EXCAVATION SEASON 2004/2005
Author(s): Emanuela KulickaSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Egypt; Alexandria; Kom el-Dikka; cemetery; Moslem burials; chamber tombs; stele
Summary/Abstract: Excavation in the 2004/2005 season was concentrated in Sector E in the northern part of the Theater Portico, Sector G covering a series of newly discovered lecture halls, and Sector AS, where the portico stylobate is being uncovered. All three phases of the necropolis, known from earlier investigations, were identified in the course of the excavations: Upper, dated to the end of the 11th and 12th centuries; Middle, from the end of the 9th and 10th century, and Lower, in use before the earthquake of AD 792, that is, from the 7th and 8th centuries.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: XVII
- Page Range: 35-39
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English