Islamic necropolis at Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria: research in the 2010–2013 seasons

2015, 24, No. 1

Emanuela Kulicka

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0009.9710

Publication date

28.02.2016

Publishing model

open access

License type

CC BY 4.0 Int.

Field

Humanities

Discipline

archeology

Language of publication

English

Downloads

PDF 1 MB

Article

Number of views:216

Number of downloads:23

Crossref citations:0

Altmetric score:0

Abstract

Exploration of the Islamic burial ground at the Kom el-Dikka site in Alexandria continued from the 2010 through the 2013 seasons, uncovering more graves in different sectors: in area U (northwestern part of the site) tombs from the Upper (11th and 12th century) and Middle (9th/10th century) phases of the cemetery and in area CW from the Upper and Lower (8th/9th century) phases. The present text is a basic report of the finds and observations made in the course of the season.

Keywords:

Bibliography

Dąbrowski, L. (1966). Two Arab necropoles discovered at Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria. EtTrav, 1, 171–180.

Godlewski, W. (2011). In the shade of the Nekloni monastery (Deir Malak Gubrail, Fayum). PAM, 20, 467–482.

Kołątaj, W. (1972). Les fouilles polonaises à Kôm el-Dikka (Alexandrie) en 1968 et 1969. EtTrav, 6, 147–167.

Kulicka, E. (2011). Remarks on the typology of Islamic graves from the cemeteries on Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria. PAM, 20, 483–498.

Majcherek, G. (2007a). Kom el-Dikka. Excavation and preservation work. Preliminary report, 2004/2005. PAM, 17, 21–34.

Majcherek, G. (2007b). The late Roman auditoria of Alexandria: an archaeological overview. In T. Derda, T. Markiewicz, and E. Wipszycka (Eds.), Alexandria: Auditoria of Kom el-Dikka and late antique education [=JJP Supplement 8] (pp. 11–50). Warsaw: Raphael Taubenschlag Foundation.

Majcherek, G. (2011). Alexandria: Kom el-Dikka excavations and preservation work. Preliminary report 2007/2008. PAM, 20, 35–51.

Promińska, E. (1972). Investigations on the population of Muslim Alexandria: Anthropologicaldemographic study [=Travaux de Centre d’archéologie méditerranéenne de l’Académie polonaise des sciences 12]. Warsaw: Éditions scientifiques de Pologne.