<i>In Adule, Aethiopum urbs maritima.</i> L'impatto monumentale del cristianesimo ad <i>Adulis</i> e nel Corno d'Africa in età tardo antica

Castiglia, Gabriele

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“…The building typifies the Christian and secular architecture of the Aksumite Kingdom, characterised by construction on a massive platform of basalt blocks and schist slabs (Giostra 2017; Castiglia 2019). The church measures approximately 26 × 18m and has a semi-circular apse, with two external rooms, one either side of the apse.…”

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An archaeology of conversion? Evidence from Adulis for early Christianity and religious transition in the Horn of Africa

Castiglia

2022

Antiquity

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The port-city of Adulis in modern Eritrea was a key node on the Red Sea linking the Kingdom of Aksum to the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean. Recent excavations at Adulis have reinvestigated two early Christian churches. New radiocarbon analysis dates both structures to the sixth and early seventh centuries AD, with multiple phases of architectural development reflecting changing use and liturgy. The author uses evidence for both continuity and change in architectural materials, construction styles and sacred practices to assess religious transition at Adulis, and across the Aksumite Kingdom more broadly. Moving beyond an archaeology of conversion, the article reinforces recent work on cosmopolitanism in the Horn of Africa.

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An archaeology of conversion? Evidence from Adulis for early Christianity and religious transition in the Horn of Africa

Castiglia

2022

Antiquity

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The Basilica of Betä Sämaʿtiʾ in its Aksūmite, Early Christian, and Late Antique Context

Grasso

Harrower

2023

Journal of Near Eastern Studies

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For an Archaeology of Religious Identity in Adulis (Eritrea) and the Horn of Africa: Sources, Architecture, and Recent Archaeological Excavations

Castiglia¹,

Pergola²,

Ciliberti³

et al. 2021

J. African Arch.

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The aim of this paper is to present new archaeological data coming from the recent excavations in Adulis (Eritrea) in the so-called “Church of the British Museum”, discovered in 1868 by Captain Goodfellow. New excavations that began in 2018 have led to highlight the biggest church known so far in Adulis, probably the ecclesia episcopalis. It stands as a 30 meters long building, which follows the typical Aksumite architectural layout. Also, the great quantity of decorated marbles coming from the church are of great interest, revealing important contacts with Yemen and Byzantium, mostly in the 6th century AD. The new archaeological data will be contextualized in the wider scenario of the rise and establishment of early Christianity in the Aksumite kingdom, until the arrival of Islam.

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In Adule, Aethiopum urbs maritima. L'impatto monumentale del cristianesimo ad Adulis e nel Corno d'Africa in età tardo antica

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An archaeology of conversion? Evidence from Adulis for early Christianity and religious transition in the Horn of Africa

An archaeology of conversion? Evidence from Adulis for early Christianity and religious transition in the Horn of Africa

The Basilica of Betä Sämaʿtiʾ in its Aksūmite, Early Christian, and Late Antique Context

For an Archaeology of Religious Identity in Adulis (Eritrea) and the Horn of Africa: Sources, Architecture, and Recent Archaeological Excavations

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