{"product_id":"early-christianity-at-amheida-egypts-dakhla-oasis-a-fourth-century-church-volume-i-the-excavations-amheida-vii-9781479813506","title":"Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt's Dakhla Oasis), a Fourth-Century Church: Volume I, the Excavations (Amheida VII)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn archaeological, historical, and art historical study of a remarkable early church excavated at Amheida in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarly Christianity at Amheida (Egypt's Dakhla Oasis): A Fourth-Century Church. Volume 1: The Excavations\u003c\/i\u003e is an archaeological, historical, and art historical study of a remarkable basilica-church excavated at Amheida in Dakhla Oasis. This church, excavated between 2012 and 2023, dates to the fourth century CE and therefore is among the earliest purpose-built churches in Egypt. It also contains one of the oldest, if not the oldest, excavated Christian funerary crypts in the country. The church at Amheida thus offers a wealth of new data on early Christianity in Egypt, particularly with respect to the earliest phases of Christian art and architecture and burial customs. Aravecchia presents a systematic treatment of the stratigraphy, building techniques, materials, features, architecture, decoration, and finds of the church, carefully contextualized in the early Christianity of the late antique Great Oasis and Egypt more broadly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicola Aravecchia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Isaw Monographs #16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479813506","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43293890543753,"sku":"9781479813506","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_57327880-1d24-49d0-a8e6-f6565fbd7962.jpg?v=1737445627","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/early-christianity-at-amheida-egypts-dakhla-oasis-a-fourth-century-church-volume-i-the-excavations-amheida-vii-9781479813506","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}