CONTENTS

• Figures
• Contributors
• Chronological Table
• Preface

• Introduction Roger S. Bagnall and Olaf E. Kaper

• 1 Amheida in Its Surroundings
  • The natural landscape and its evolution Paola Davoli
  • The sacred landscape Olaf E. Kaper
  • The economic landscape Roger S. Bagnall
• 2 Amheida before the Romans
  • Early remains on the temple hill Paola Davoli
  • Textual and decorative evidence for the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period Olaf E. Kaper
  • The temples of the Late Period Olaf E. Kaper
  • A sacred necropolis Paola Davoli
• 3 The Urban Landscape during the Roman Period
  • The city plan of Roman and late Roman Trimithis Paola Davoli
  • The baths of Trimithis Paola Davoli
  • Two houses Paola Davoli, Roger S. Bagnall
• 4 Egyptian Religion at Trimithis during the Roman Period
  • The temple Paola Davoli, Olaf E. Kaper
  • Funerary life: the pyramids Olaf E. Kaper
  • Onomastics Roger S. Bagnall
• 5 Christianity at Trimithis and in the Dakhla Oasis
  • The church of Trimithis Nicola Aravecchia
  • Other evidence of Christianity at Amheida Roger S. Bagnall and Raffaella Cribiore
  • Other churches in Dakhla: Kellis, ʿAin el-Gedida, Deir Abu Matta, Deir el-Molouk, ʿAin es-Sabil Nicola Aravecchia
• 6 Economy and Society in the Roman Oasis
  • The oasis economy Roger S. Bagnall
  • A rural settlement in the oasis system Nicola Aravecchia
  • Government and military Roger S. Bagnall
  • Oasis society Roger S. Bagnall
• 7 Trimithis in the Culture of the Eastern Roman Empire
  • Literary culture and education in the Dakhla Oasis Raffaella Cribiore
  • Amheida's wall paintings Susanna McFadden
  • The evidence of Greek names Roger S. Bagnall

• Abbreviations
• Bibliography