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MARYŪṬ (MAREIA)

Place names
GreekΜάρεια | Μαρεῶτις | Παλαιμάρια
Copticneipaeiat | nivaiat | nepaiet | nipaiat | nhpaiat | nvaiat
LatinMareotis
Arabicمريوط | كوم الإدريس
EnglishMarea | Mareia | Mareotis | Palaimareia | Kom el-Idris
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DEChriM ID20
Trismegistos GeoID2718
Pleiades ID727153
PAThs ID143
Ancient nameMareia
Modern nameMaryūṭ
Latitude30.99482
Longitude29.656394
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• Babraj, K. and H. Szymanska. 2008. “History, Location and Excavations at Marea.” In Marea vol. 1: Byzantine Marea. Excavations in 2000–2003 and 2006, edited by H. Szymanska and B. Krzystof, 11-15. Kraków: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Krakowie.
• Babraj, K. and D. Tarara. 2018. “Highlights from the Polish Excavations at Marea/Philoxenite 2000–2014.” In Christianity and Monasticism in Northern Egypt: Beni Suef, Giza, Cairo, and Nile Delta, edited by G. Gabra and H. N. Takla, 281–295. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press.
• Babraj, K., A. Drzymuchowska and D. Tarara. 2021. “The 5th Century Great Transept Basilica in Marea (Egypt) and the 4th Century Predecessor Church Discovered in 2018.” In Crossing Time and Space to Commemorate Hanna Szymańska, edited by K. Myśliwiec and A. Ryś, 11-34. Warsaw: Wiesbaden.
• De Cosson, A. 1935. Maraeotis. Being a Short Account of the History and Ancient Monuments of the North-Western Desert of Egypt and of Lake Mareotis, 131-135, 201-302. London: Country Life.
• Derda, T., M. Gwiazda, K. Misiewicz and W. Ma?kowski. 2020. “Marea/Northern Hawwariya in Northern Egypt: Integrated Results of Non-Invasive and Excavation Works.” Archaeological Prospection 2020: 1-14.
• el-Fakharani, F. 1983. “Recent Excavations at Marea in Egypt.” In Das römisch-byzantinische Ägypten, Akten des internationalen Symposiums 26, 30.8.1978 in Trier, edited by G. Günter, H. Heinen and E. Winter, 175-186. Mainz: P. von Zabern.
• Grossmann, P. 2002. Christliche Architektur in Ägypten, 393-395. Leiden: Brill.

• Gwiazda, M. and M. Pawlikowska-Gwiazda. 2019. “Excavations next to House H1 in 'Marea' (Egypt) in 2017.” Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 28/2: 61-79.
• Gwiazda, M., & Wielgosz-Rondolino, D. (2019). “‘Marea’ on Lake Mareotis: A Roman amphorae dump, a Byzantine period house, and its early Islamic dwellers.” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 105/2: 259–273.
• Haggag, M. 2010a. “The City of Marea/Philoxenité. Reflections on the Alexandria University Excavations, 1977-1981.” In Lake Mareotis: Reconstructing the Past Proceedings of the International Conference on the Archaeology of the Mareotic Region held at Alexandria University, Egypt, 5th-6th April 2008, edited by L. Blue and E. Khalil, 47-56. Oxford: Archaeopress.

• Haggag, H. 2010b. “Fawzi El-Fakharani: Pioneer Excavator at Mareotis.” In Lake Mareotis: Reconstructing the Past Proceedings of the International Conference on the Archaeology of the Mareotic Region held at Alexandria University, Egypt, 5th-6th April 2008, edited by L. Blue and E. Khalil, 1-2. Oxford: Archaeopress.
• Pichot, V. 2010. “Marea Peninsula: Occupation and Workshop Activities on the Shores of Lake Mariout in the Work of the Cente d'Études Alexandrines (CEALex, CNRS USR 3134).” In Lake Mareotis: Reconstructing the Past. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Archaeology of the Mareotic Region held at Alexandria University, Egypt, 5th–6th April 2008, edited by L. Blue and E. Khalil, 57-66. Oxford: Archaeopress.
• Rodziewicz, M. 2010. “On Interpretation of Archaeological Evidence Concerning Marea and Philoxenite.” In Lake Mareotis: Reconstructing the Past. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Archaeology of the Mareotic Region held at Alexandria University, Egypt, 5th–6th April 2008, edited by L. Blue, & E. Khalil, 67-74. Oxford: Archaeopress.
• Timm, S. ed. 1984-1992. Das Christliche-Koptische Ägypten in Arabischer Zeit: Eine Sammlung Christicher Stätten in Ägypten in Arabischer Zeit unter Ausschyss von Alexandria, Kairo, des Apa-Mena-Klosters (Der Abu Mina), der Sketis (Wadi n-Natrun) und der Sinai-Region. Vol 4, 1593-1603. Weisbaden: Dr Ludwig Reichert.
• Wipszycka, E. 2012. “Marea and Philoxenite. Where to locate them?” Étude et travaux 25: 418–432.


For a complete bibliography, see https://map.uw.edu.pl/en/publications

Authors
Rhiannon Williams, Victor Ghica , 2021
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Rhiannon Williams, Victor Ghica , 2021, "Maryūṭ", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/places/20
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