The Tetrarchic fort at Nag al-Hagar in the province of Thebaïs: preliminary report (2005-8)

Visual Heritage in the Digital Age

“…For instance, the similarity of the exterior of the palace to some tetrarchic forts would have given the structure the aura of military power, intensified by the presence of soldiers to guard the senior Augustus, despite its essential lack of defensibility (Wilkes 1986, pp. 69-71;Mackensen 2003Mackensen , 2006Mackensen , 2009Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Administrando Imperii, 29.138).…”

Archaeological Work on Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, 2000–2009

“…A small 215 Cruz-Uribe 2004. 216 Mackensen and El-Bialy 2006;Mackensen 2009. The fortress was already excavated in 1984 and 1989 by the SCA.…”