ARCHAEOBOTANY IN THE MINES AND QUARRIES IN THE GRECO-ROMAN PERIOD IN THE EASTERN DESERT OF EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Greco-Roman dept., Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt

2 PhD in Latin Language and Literature, dept. of Greek and Latin Studies, Faculty of Arts, Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt

Abstract

This research deals with the study of the plant remains that were found in mines and quarries in the eastern desert of Egypt during the Greco-Roman Period, recognizing potential areas of cultivation in the Eastern Desert, considering the potential crops cultivated there and their scale, and how these relate to the physical archaeobotanical remains recovered from the sites, pinpointing the processes and the agents of cultivation, production, and circulation of foodstuffs, as revealed through Greek texts.

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