Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Research and conservation in the Roman baths of Marina el-Alamein in the 2012 and 2013 seasons (Polish–Egyptian Conservation Mission)

2015, 24, No. 1

Grażyna Bąkowska-Czerner

0000-0002-8623-6545

Rafał Czerner

0000-0002-7567-4902

Grzegorz Majcherek

0000-0002-9413-1962

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0009.9714

Publication date

28.02.2016

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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archeology

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English

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Abstract

A Roman bath in use from the 2nd to the 4th century AD at the harbor of Marina el-Alamein on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt continued to be researched, conserved and prepared for exhibition by the Polish–Egyptian Conservation Mission working under the auspices of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw and the Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology. The bath and adjacent civic basilica were located in the center of the ancient town, to the south of the ruins of the main square. By updating results of research carried out in previous seasons, the present studies on the caldarium and frigidarium of the bath and a part of the civic basilica have brought us significantly closer to identifying the functional layout of the southern baths. Phases of construction were investigated as well and it is now possible to trace the transformation of the building over time.

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