The Fortlets of the Eastern Desert of Egypt

The numerous and sometimes exceptionally well preserved fortlets in the Eastern Desert of Egypt make it tempting to revisit a subject already studied in several works by other scholars (Maxfield 1996; Cuvigny et al. 2003; Sidebotham, et al. 2008). The architectural study of these particular Roman military buildings, poorly understood throughout the Empire, merits further attention, and recent excavations carried out by different teams, French, American and British, have shed some light on a n..