Bir Umm Fawakhir, Volume 2 - Report on the 1996-1997 Survey Seasons

Bir Umm Fawakhir is a fifth-sixth century AD Coptic/Byzantine gold-mining town in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt. This is the final report on the 1996 and 1997 excavation seasons, completing the detailed map of the main settlement, continuing the investigation of the outlying clusters of ruins and looking at the gold-extraction process.

Summary

Bir Umm Fawakhir is a fifth-sixth century AD Coptic/Byzantine gold-mining town in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt. This is the final report on the 1996 and 1997 excavation seasons, completing the detailed map of the main settlement, continuing the investigation of the outlying clusters of ruins and looking at the gold-extraction process.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Heidorn, Lisa A. Heidorn, Carol Meyer, Alexandra A. O'Brien, Clemens Reichel, Clemens D. Reichel
• Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2011
• EAN: 9781885923714
• ISBN: 978-1-885923-71-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 299 mm x 230 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 1182 g
• Series: Oriental Institute Communicati; Oriental Institute Communications; Oriental Institute Communications
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity