La Necropole Hellenistique de Plinthine (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9782724708073)

The Hellenistic necropolis of Plinthine, located about 800 m west of the urban settlement of Kom el Nogus/Plinthine, on the western margins of the Alexandrian chora, was built on and in the calcarenite ridge or taenia that separates the Mediterranean from Lake Mariut. It has been celebrated as a miniature version of the great Alexandrian necropolises since the first excavations by Achille Adriani in 1937, followed by various unpublished explorations. Nevertheless, it had not been the subject of a comprehensive study combining architectural analysis and investigation of funerary practices. The policy followed by the French expedition (MFTMP)-systematic architectural survey of a necropolis too often previously analyzed through the prism of a few hypogeas, emphasis on phasing, anthropological studies-made it possible to give a more global vision of the Plinthine necropolis than that provided by earlier studies: the dead are no longer absent and the necropolis reveals a history parallel to that of the Plinthine Hellenistic town.

Author: Marie-Francoise Boussac
ISBN-10: 2724708075
ISBN-13: 9782724708073
Publisher: Ifao
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2023
Pages: 616
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 6.12lbs
Size: 12.80h x 9.50w x 2.00d