Collective Baths in Egypt 2 - IFAO

Collective Baths in Egypt 2 New Discoveries and Perspectives

25 siècles de bain collectif en Orient Proche-Orient, Égypte et péninsule Arabique T H E R MAE Edited by

Bérangère Redon

Institut français d’archéologie orientale Études urbaines 10 – 2017

Sommaire

Bérangère Redon Introduction. Rediscovering the Bathing Heritage of Egypt......................................................

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I.  P TOL E M A IC PE R IOD

Jean-Pierre Brun, Thomas Faucher, Bérangère Redon An Early Ptolemaic Bath in the Fortress of Bi’r Samut (Eastern Desert)..................................

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Mohamed Abd el-Rafa Fadl, Wagy Ibrahim Abd el-Nabi, Guy Lecuyot, Bérangère Redon A New Ptolemaic Bath Building at Buto/Tell el-Fara‘in – A Preliminary Report...................

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Mohamed Kenawi, Nunzia Larosa The Tholos Bath at Kom Wasit.........................................................................................................

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Wolfgang Müller, Mariola Hepa Two Baths from Syene.......................................................................................................................

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Karol Myśliwiec Baths from the Ptolemaic Period in Athribis (Tell Atrib, Lower Egypt)...................................

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Aiman Ashmawy Ali The Lost Graeco-Roman Baths of the Eastern Delta. .................................................................. 83 Thibaud Fournet, Bérangère Redon Bathing in the Shadow of the Pyramids: Greek Baths in Egypt, Back to an Original Bath Model..................................................................................................... 99 Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets, Bérangère Redon The Floors of the Ptolemaic Baths of Egypt: Between Technique and Aesthetics................... 139

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I I.  ROM A N A N D BY Z A N T I N E PE R IODS

Grażyna Bąkowska-Czerner, Rafał Czerner Roman Baths in Marina el-�Alamein.............................................................................................. 173 Paola Davoli A New Public Bath in Trimithis (Amheida, Dakhla Oasis). ...................................................... 193 Salah el-Masekh, Thibaud Fournet, Pauline Piraud-Fournet, Mansour Boraik The Roman Baths at Karnak, Between River and Temples Architectural Study and Urban Context........................................................................................ 221 Bérangère Redon The Missing Baths of the First and Second Centuries in Egypt: A Tentative Explanation. .................................................................................................................. 267 Thibaud Fournet, Bérangère Redon Romano-Byzantine Baths of Egypt: The Birth and Spread of a Little-Known Regional Model........................................................... 279 Charlène Bouchaud, Bérangère Redon Heating the Baths During the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods in Egypt: Comparing the Archaeobotanical and Textual Data................................................................... 323

I I I.  MODE R N PE R IOD

Muhammad Husam al-Din Isma�il, Michel Tuchscherer, Matthieu Vanpeene The Hammams of the Egyptian Provinces During the Modern and Contemporary Periods: an Inventory.................................................. 353

I V.  C ATA LOGU E S OF T H E BAT HS OF EG Y P T

Bérangère Redon Presentation and Principles of the Catalogues............................................................................... 385 Thibaud Fournet, Bérangère Redon I.  Catalogue of the Greek Tholos Baths of Egypt......................................................................... 389 Thibaud Fournet, Bérangère Redon II.  Catalogue of the Small Greek Baths of Egypt........................................................................ 437 Thibaud Fournet, Bérangère Redon, Matthieu Vanpeene III.  Catalogue of the Roman and Byzantine Baths of Egypt..................................................... 451 Michel Tuchscherer, Matthieu Vanpeene IV.  Catalogue of the Egyptian Hammams Outside Alexandria and Cairo............................. 525

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