The Wabet: Tradition and Innovation in Temples of the Ptolemaic and Roman Period

The volume provides an in-depth study of an architectural ensemble that consists of an open court and elevated chapel, better known as the wabet , and forms an essential part of the layout of a dozen temples in Egypt of the Thirtieth Dynasty and the Ptolemaic and Roman era (e.g Philae, Edfu, Dendara, Shanhur, and Deir Shalwit). The volume focuses on the ensemble's location, orientation, and layout, the designations in use to refer to the complex, and the decorative scheme applied to its walls in…