5.1. THE CHURCH OF TRIMITHIS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FIGURES vii
4. CONTRIBUTORS xii
5. CHRONOLOGICAL CHART xiii
6. PREFACE xv
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. 1. AMHEIDA IN ITS SURROUNDINGS
9. 1.1. THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE AND ITS EVOLUTION 11
10. 1.2. THE SACRED LANDSCAPE 21
11. 1.3. THE ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE 29
12. 2. AMEHIDA BEFORE THE ROMANS
13. 2.1. EARLY REMAINS ON THE TEMPLE HILL 35
14. 2.2. TEXTUAL AND DECORATIVE EVIDENCE FOR THE NEW KINGDOM AND THE THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD 42
15. 2.3. THE TEMPLES OF THE LATE PERIOD 46
16. 2.4. A SACRED NECROPOLIS 57
17. 3. THE URBAN LANDSCAPE DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD
18. 3.1. THE CITY PLAN OF ROMAN AND LATE ROMAN TRIMITHIS 61
19. 3.2. THE BATHS OF TRIMITHIS 76
20. 3.3. TWO HOUSES 86
21. 4. EGYPTIAN RELIGION AT TRIMITHIS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD
22. 4.1. THE TEMPLE 105
23. 4.2. FUNERARY LIFE: THE PYRAMIDS 112
24. 4.3. ONOMASTICS 116
25. 5. CHRISTIANITY AT TRIMITHIS AND IN THE DAKHLA OASIS
26. 5.1. THE CHURCH OF TRIMITHIS 119
27. 5.2. OTHER EVIDENCE OF CHRISTIANITY AT AMHEIDA 131
28. 5.3. OTHER CHURCHES IN DAKHLA: KELLIS,'AIN EL-GEDI-DA, DEIR ABU MATTA, DEIR EL-MOLOUK,'AIN ES-SABIL 135
29. 6. ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN THE ROMAN OASIS
30. 6.1. THE OASIS ECONOMY 149
31. 6.2. A RURAL SETTLEMENT IN THE OASIS SYSTEM 157
32. 6.3. GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY 168
33. 6.4. OASIS SOCIETY 174
34. 7. TRIMITHIS IN THE CULTURE OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
35. 7.1. LITERARY CULTURE AND EDUCATION IN THE DAKHLA OASIS 179
36. 7.2. AHMEIDA'S WALL PAINTINGS 193
37. 7.3. THE EVIDENCE OF GREEK NAMES 212
38. ABBREVIATIONS 219
39. BIBLIOGRAPHY 221
40. INDEX 237