Authors
Citation
Dm. Bailey, A ghost palaestra at Antinoopolis, J EGYPT ARC, 85, 1999, pp. 235
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Archeology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
ISSN journal
03075133
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Volume
85
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-5133(1999)85:<235:AGPAA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A palaestra (an athletic training-ground) is shown on a recently published
plan of the Roman city of Antinoopolis. It is suggested here that the struc
ture is a nineteenth-century saltpetre factory.