Tags for: CWRU Lecture: A Roman City in the Egyptian Desert: Paintings, Potsherds, and Politics in the Dakhla Oasis
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Personification of Polis (City), about AD 300–400. Secco painting, House of Serenos, Trimithis (Amheida), Dakhla Oasis, Egypt. Photo: E. Bolman
CWRU Lecture: A Roman City in the Egyptian Desert: Paintings, Potsherds, and Politics in the Dakhla Oasis
Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Location: Lecture Hall
John C. and Sally S. Morley Family Foundation Lecture Hall
John C. and Sally S. Morley Family Foundation Lecture Hall
Lecture Hall
About The Event
The ancient Roman city of Trimithis lies under a carpet of hundreds of millions of potsherds at the site of Amheida in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis. The fraction of the site that has been excavated reveals houses with colorful wall paintings, baths, a school, and an early church. Texts found in a house belonging to a city official give us glimpses of his business activities and culture.
Free; no reservation required.
This lecture is hosted by the Department of Art History and Art at Case Western Reserve University and cosponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art.