Kom el-Dahab
Kom el-Dahab is the modern name of a hill of ruins in northeastern Egypt . The visible remains are very likely to be a Roman city. The ruins are now on an island on Manzaleh Lake , which is directly on the sea.
The city center takes up about 16 hectares and has a city map with streets intersecting at right angles. In the southern part of the city there is an east-west running main street with a large, probably public building. Its function is not known. It might be a temple or some kind of palace. In the far north of the city are the remains of a theater that was once around 58 to 60 meters long and was built from red bricks. To the north of it stood magazine buildings. The city, whose ancient name is unknown, was likely abandoned in the second or early third century AD.
No excavations took place in Kom el-Dahab until 2015. The place is known from surface inspections and the evaluation of satellite photos. An initial investigation led by Gregory Marouard took place in September 2015. Mainly ceramics were collected.
literature
- Gregory Marouard: Kom el-Dahab interpreted. In: Egyptian Archeology. No. 45, autumn 2014, pp. 25–27.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Egypt Exploartion Society Expeditions. In: Egyptian Archeology. No. 48, spring 2016, p. 34.
Coordinates: 31 ° 19 ′ N , 31 ° 50 ′ E