Tell Dafana Reconsidered: The Archaeology of an Egyptian Frontier Town
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Resource type
Book
Creator (person)
Leclère, Franà§ois
Spencer, Jeffrey
Date published
2014
Abstract
This publication arises from a British Museum research project to consider the relationship between Egypt and Archaic Greece from the seventh century BC down to the fifth, through a re-assessment of the site of ancient Daphnae (now known as Tell Dafana) in the Nile Delta of Egypt. A great quantity of antiquities was discovered at the site in excavations directed by Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1886 and the majority are in the British Museum’s collection, while others are widely distributed in other institutions. The presence of not only Egyptian products but also of fine Greek painted pottery generated much interest in the nature of this town close to the eastern frontier of Egypt. In this book, study of the finds has been combined with a reconsideration of the architecture of the monuments excavated at the site to determine the extent of any Archaic Greek influence and whether Petrie’s interpretation of the ancient town as a camp for Greek troops is supported by the evidence.
Contributor (person)
Johnston, Alan
Weber, Sabine
Abd el-Maksoud,, Mohamed
Ashmawy Ali, Aiman
Abd el-Aleem, Al-Sayed
Hussein, Hisham
Nur el-Din, Mustafa
Spataro, Michela
Stacey, Rebecca
Tanimoto, Satoko
Craddock, Paul
Project(s)
Egyptian–Greek Relations at Daphnae (Nile Delta) in the Seventh Century BC
Editor
Leclère, Franà§ois
Spencer, Jeffrey
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Leverhulme Trust | |
Publisher
British Museum
Place of publication
London
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