The Hellenistic Necropolis of Plinthine. IF1250. FIFAO 90.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 26538 |
| Format | 25.5x 32 |
| Détails | 616 p., illustrated, paperback. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724708073 |
Release in France scheduled for June 16, 2023
The Hellenistic necropolis of Plinthina, located about 800 m west of the urban settlement of Kom el Nogous/Plinthina, on the western margins of the Alexandrian chora, was built on and within the calcarenite ridge or tapeworm that separates the Mediterranean from Lake Mariout. It has been celebrated since the first excavations by Achille Adriani in 1937, followed by various unpublished interventions, as a miniature version of the great Alexandrian necropolises, but it had not been the subject of a comprehensive study combining architectural analysis and investigation of funerary practices. The policy followed by the mission (MFTMP) – systematic architectural survey of a necropolis too often analyzed through the prism of a few hypogea, emphasis on phasing, anthropological studies – has made it possible to give a more global vision of the necropolis of Plinthine than that provided by previous studies: the dead are no longer absent and the necropolis finds a history parallel to that of the Hellenistic town of Plinthine.
Release in France scheduled for June 16, 2023
The Hellenistic necropolis of Plinthina, located about 800 m west of the urban settlement of Kom el Nogous/Plinthina, on the western margins of the Alexandrian chora, was built on and within the calcarenite ridge or tapeworm that separates the Mediterranean from Lake Mariout. It has been celebrated since the first excavations by Achille Adriani in 1937, followed by various unpublished interventions, as a miniature version of the great Alexandrian necropolises, but it had not been the subject of a comprehensive study combining architectural analysis and investigation of funerary practices. The policy followed by the mission (MFTMP) – systematic architectural survey of a necropolis too often analyzed through the prism of a few hypogea, emphasis on phasing, anthropological studies – has made it possible to give a more global vision of the necropolis of Plinthine than that provided by previous studies: the dead are no longer absent and the necropolis finds a history parallel to that of the Hellenistic town of Plinthine.