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Karanis ((ギリシア語:Καρανίς)), located in modern Kom Aushim, was an agricultural town in Graeco-Roman Egypt, located in the northeast corner of the Fayum.〔 Richard Alston, ''Soldier and Society in Roman Egypt'' (London: Routledge, 1998) 118〕 "It was one of a number of towns established in the Arsinoite nome under Ptolemy II Philadelphus as part of a scheme to settle Greek mercenaries among the indigenous Egyptians and to exploit the potential fertile Fayum basin".〔 Elaine K. Gazda, ed. ''Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times'' (Ann Arbor: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, 1983) 8〕 ==South temple== The earliest archaeological origins are at the South Temple and can be traced to the 1st century BC.〔Alston 119〕 It is from this point that the town expanded north when Augustus, having conquered Egypt and also recognizing the Fayum’s agricultural potential, sent workers to clean up the canals and restore the dikes that had fallen into decline, restoring productivity to the area.〔Gazda 9〕 A Roman-style temple was then built on top of the foundations of the old temple at the beginning of the 1st century AD. During this period of rebuilding, a smaller, more Egyptian-style North Temple was also built. The South Temple was dedicated to the local crocodile gods, Pnepheros and Petesouchos, but there is no clear dedication in the North Temple.〔Alston 120〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karanis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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