Marea ( Ancient Egyptian : pr-mrt ; Ancient Greek : Μαρεη Mareē , Μαρεια Mareia , Μαρια Maria ; Latin : Marea ) was an ancient city in Egypt , located 45 km south-west of Alexandria , on the southern shore of Lake Maryut (ancient Mareōtis , Μαρεωτις ).
13-597: Marea may refer to: Marea (ancient city) , Egypt Mare' or Marea, a town in Syria Marea (band) , a Spanish hard rock band Marea (restaurant) , New York City Marea Stamper (born 1977), American singer, songwriter, DJ, and record producer, known professionally as the Blessed Madonna Lake Mariout , Egypt, once called Marea Other uses [ edit ] Fiat Marea MAREA ,
26-594: A garrison at Marea in 654 BCE to secure the western borders of his kingdom after he had previously defeated the Libyan tribes living in the area who had taken over the Oxyrhynchite nome of Lower Egypt. In 1977–1981, archaeological excavations were conducted by researchers from the University of Alexandria . Since 2000, the work is carried out by a Polish expedition from several scientific institutions, including
39-475: A transatlantic communications cable See also [ edit ] Marea (We've Lost Dancing) , a 2021 song by Fred Again and the Blessed Madonna Maria (disambiguation) Mare , a female horse Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Marea . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
52-538: Is a transverse part of any building , which lies across the main body of the building. In cruciform (" cross -shaped") churches , in particular within the Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architectural traditions, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave . Each half of a transept is known as a semitransept. The transept of a church separates the nave from the sanctuary , apse , choir , chevet , presbytery , or chancel . The transepts cross
65-651: The Archaeological Museum of Kraków and the Institute of Archaeology and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology (both University of Warsaw ). The expedition is currently headed by Prof. Tomasz Derda (Institute of Archaeology UW) and Dr. Krzysztof Babraj (Archaeological Museum of Kraków). In 2003, excavations in the Byzantine basilica began. The site of Marea was a large port city in
78-610: The Roman period , and possibly already in the Ptolemaic times. The research results indicate that the harbor might have functioned until the medieval period, as attested by finds dated to the 13th–14th century. Its remains include four large jetties, the longest of which extends 120 m into the lake. The ancient city was famous for its wine, which was distributed throughout the Mediterranean Basin. The amphorae in which it
91-454: The basilicas and the church and cathedral planning that descended from them were built without transepts; sometimes the transepts were reduced to matched chapels . More often, the transepts extended well beyond the sides of the rest of the building, forming the shape of a cross. This design is called a Latin cross ground plan, and these extensions are known as the "arms" of the transept. A Greek cross ground plan, with all four extensions
104-561: The 5th–6th century was found, inscribed with notes regarding the construction of the basilica. Under the basilica, the excavators uncovered the remains of an older church, dated preliminarily to the second half of the 4th century. The history of this center from the end of the 3rd century to the building of the Byzantine city in the 5th–6th century is also the object of study. 30°59′39″N 29°39′20″E / 30.99417°N 29.65556°E / 30.99417; 29.65556 Transept A transept (with two semitransepts )
117-479: The choir and part of a southern transept were completed until a renewed building campaign in the 19th century. The word "transept" is occasionally extended to mean any subsidiary corridor crossing a larger main corridor, such as the cross-halls or "transepts" of The Crystal Palace , London, of glass and iron that was built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. In a metro station or similar construction,
130-440: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marea&oldid=1047271056 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Marea (ancient city) The pharaoh Psamtik I installed
143-533: The nave at the crossing , which belongs equally to the main nave axis and to the transept. Upon its four piers , the crossing may support a spire (e.g., Salisbury Cathedral ), a central tower (e.g., Gloucester Cathedral ) or a crossing dome (e.g., St Paul's Cathedral ). Since the altar is usually located at the east end of a church, a transept extends to the north and south. The north and south end walls often hold decorated windows of stained glass , such as rose windows , in stone tracery . Occasionally,
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#1732771835439156-405: The same length, produces a central-plan structure. When churches have only one transept, as at Pershore Abbey , there is generally a historical disaster, fire, war or funding problem, to explain the anomaly. At Beauvais only the chevet and transepts stand; the nave of the cathedral was never completed after a collapse of the daring high vaulting in 1284. At St. Vitus Cathedral , Prague , only
169-475: Was transported were also produced locally. Marea was undoubtedly a large pottery production center – one of the largest pottery kilns in Egypt was found here. A bath complex and a funerary chapel dated to the 6th century, as well as a large (49 m by 47 m) basilica with a transept , are examples of Byzantine architecture at the site. An important discovery was made in 2001: the largest known set of ostraca from
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