 Fortress of Qaṣr en-Nasīma | ||
| Qaṣr en-Nasīma · قصر النسيمة | ||
| Governorate | New valley | |
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| height | 64 m | |
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Qasr en-Nasima (also Qasr el-Nesim / el-Nesima / el-Nisima, Qasr el-Nessima, Arabic:قصر النسيمة, Qaṣr en-Nasīma, „Fortress of the breath of air") or. 'Ain en-Nasima (Arabic:عين النسيمة) Is an archaeological site south of the city Chārga in the egyptian Sink el-Chārga. Archaeologists should be primarily interested in this ancient Roman settlement.
background
Qaṣr en-Nasīma is 3.5 kilometers south of Qaṣr el-Baramūnī or 6 kilometers south of el-Chārga, both west of the trunk road to Bārīs as well as west of the railway line.
The ancient, late Roman-Christian settlement is located on a hill that is surrounded on all sides by palm gardens. The settlement has a roughly square floor plan and measures a good 60 meters on each side. The mud brick walls of a fortress still tower up. The settlement is silted up. Today's level is about 1.5 meters above the ancient. The settlement was probably created in the late fourth or fifth century.
The scientific interest in this settlement is rather low. So far only soundings have been carried out by the Egyptian Antiquities Organization and the Institut français d’archeologie orientale (IFAO).
getting there
A pickup or comparable vehicle is sufficient for the journey. You leave el-Chārga on the trunk road to Bārīs and branches about at 1 25 ° 23 '56 "N.30 ° 33 ′ 3 ″ E, in front of the stadium, to the southwest on a runway. After about 900 meters you branch off at 2 25 ° 23 '33 "N.30 ° 32 ′ 50 ″ E on a slope to the south. After another 1.5 kilometers you will reach the hill of the ancient site. A local driver is useful.
Tourist Attractions
The most striking building in the middle of the settlement is about 10 (north to south) by 15 meters 1 Mudbrick Fortress(25 ° 22 '56 "N.30 ° 32 '48 "E.). Some of the exterior walls and barrel vaults of rooms can be clearly seen. The entrance is in the southeast corner of the building. In the south there was probably a large courtyard enclosed by a wall.
To the south of the fortress, but still within the aforementioned courtyard, there is an upwardly open one Pigeon house made of mud bricks, the entrance of which is on the southeast corner. The niches are about eight inches deep.
One of the few uncovered buildings is one church about 20 meters south of the fortress, of which the apse with its three wall niches is exposed. In front of the apse there are two columns that were probably part of a screen wall. The roughly square, ten-meter-long church interior is silted up, and it cannot be determined whether there were any supports here.
The residential buildings of the local population are located in the vicinity of the central fortress. In the north there is a residential building that exceeds the others in size. A stairwell in the south of the house led to the upper floor or to the roof.
Kitchen and accommodation
Accommodation and restaurants are available in the nearby town el-Chārga.
trips
Visiting this site can be done with Qaṣr el-Baramūnī as well as with Qaṣr el-Ghuweiṭa and Qaṣr ez-Zaiyān connect.
literature
- : Les oasis d’Égypte: à l’époque grecque, romaine et byzantine d’après les documents grecs. Caire: Inst. Français d’archéologie orientale, 1987, Bibliothèque d'étude; 100, ISBN 978-2-7247-0050-3 , P. 175.
- : Pour une histoire du christianisme dans le désert occidental d'Égypte. In:Journal des savants, ISSN0021-8103, No.2 (juillet-décembre) (2012), Pp. 189-280, especially pp. 217-221.
