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SUMMARY:Soknopaiou Nesos: Village of Priests
DESCRIPTION:Soknopaiou Nesos was a small Egyptian village on the border of 
 the western desert. It was founded in the third century BCE and had its pe
 ak in the early Roman period. The archaeological remains of this village a
 re impressive. Smaller objects and Egyptian and Greek papyri and ostraca f
 ound there\, throw light on the daily life of its inhabitants. It turns ou
 t that the majority of the population held priestly functions in the large
  temple of the crocodile god Soknopaios\, which formed not only the religi
 ous\, but also the cultural and economic centre of the village. Following 
 an introduction on the remarkable location of Soknopaiou Nesos and the his
 tory of the legal and clandestine excavations of the site\, we shall\, mai
 nly on the basis of some Greek papyri\, take a brief look into the lives o
 f these priests: their religious and private activities\, their internal r
 elations as well as their relation with the (Roman) government. We shall a
 lso discuss possible causes for the sudden decline and abandonment of this
  village in the early third century CE.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>Soknopaiou Nesos was a small Egyptian village on the border o
 f the western desert. It was founded in the third century BCE and had its 
 peak in the early Roman period. The archaeological remains of this village
  are impressive. Smaller objects and Egyptian and Greek papyri and ostraca
  found there\, throw light on the daily life of its inhabitants. It turns 
 out that the majority of the population held priestly functions in the lar
 ge temple of the crocodile god Soknopaios\, which formed not only the reli
 gious\, but also the cultural and economic centre of the village. Followin
 g an introduction on the remarkable location of Soknopaiou Nesos and the h
 istory of the legal and clandestine excavations of the site\, we shall\, m
 ainly on the basis of some Greek papyri\, take a brief look into the lives
  of these priests: their religious and private activities\, their internal
  relations as well as their relation with the (Roman) government. We shall
  also discuss possible causes for the sudden decline and abandonment of th
 is village in the early third century CE.</p>
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20181009T200000
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