Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - BURIED IN THE VILLAGE: SKELETON FINDS
IN A GRAECO-ROMAN SETTLEMENT
AT WADI UMM EL-ASHDAN, NW-EGYPT
AU  - Grosskopf B
AU  - Rieger AK
AU  -
Y1  - 2019
VL  - 57
IS  - 1
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 53
EP  - 67
KW  - NW-Egypt – Arid landscape – Rural settlements – Burials – Anthropology
N2  - 
N2  - The article presents the results of archaeological campaigns in 2009 and 2010 at a site in the arid zones of
north-western Egypt. Ca. 25 km southwest of the harbour city Marsa Matruh, the settlement between two branches of the
Wadi Umm el-Ashdan could be dated to Graeco-Roman times (2nd c. BCE to 4th c. CE) on the basis of ceramic finds.
Tombs have been found, which are characterized by the construction made of field stones above surface, covered with a
thick layer of plaster. Three of the inhumation burials were excavated, of which one was disturbed and had no skeleton
inside, while the other two burials served three deceased. The anthropological diagnosis of the three skeletons indicates
that the male individuals died of advanced age. Bones and teeth show numerous signs of age degenerative changes.
ER  -