The Excavations at Ismant Al-Kharab: Vol. II, The Christian Monuments of Kellis: The Churches and Cemeteries

REVIEW BY MICHAEL TUNNICLIFFE Ancient Kellis was a site in the Dakhla Oasis that was occupied from Late Ptolemaic times to the end of the 4th century AD. Excavations have exposed houses, cemeteries, temples, and churches. Important documents were found here relating to both mainstream Christianity and the dualistic Manichaean religion, whose followers were also disciples of the 3rd-century Persian prophet Mani. This volume concentrates on the Christian churches and cemeteries dating to the 4th century, with the previous volume having focused on Roman Period cartonnage. Excavations revealed three mud-brick churches. The Small East Church, which may have begun as a house church, dates f