On Wednesday, October 14th, Professor Nicola Aravecchia gave an invited lecture at Princeton University entitled “Christian Landscapes in Egypt’s Western Desert: New Archaeological Evidence from Dakhla Oasis.” This lecture presented the results of two decades of archaeological research at the sites of Amheida (ancient Trimithis) and ʿAin el-Gedida in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis, where evidence for active Christian communities from the early fourth century CE has been uncovered. The discoveries from Amheida and ʿAin el-Gedida provide new perspectives on the emergence of Christianity in Egypt’s Western Desert and, more broadly, on the religious, social, and cultural transformations that shaped life on the margins of the Roman Empire.
 

Professor Aravecchia delivered his paper as a lecture for The Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity. The was sponsored by the Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity and co-sponsored by the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies.