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https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-169-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-169-2026
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30 Sep 2026
Thesis abstract |  | 30 Sep 2026

Holocene landscape evolution and settlement development in the surroundings of the ancient Egyptian city of Bubastis (“Tell Basta”), southeastern Nile Delta

Philipp Garbe

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Garbe, P.: Holocene landscape evolution and settlement development in the surroundings of the ancient Egyptian city of Bubastis (“Tell Basta”), southeastern Nile Delta, Doctoral thesis, University of Wuerzburg, 345, https://doi.org/10.25972/OPUS-42466, 2025. 
Garbe, P., Lange-Athinodorou, E., and Meister, J.: Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen im altägyptischen Nildelta, Geographische Rundschau, 75, 10–16, 2023. 
Garbe, P., El-Raouf, A. A., Es-Senussi, A., Lange-Athinodorou, E., and Meister, J.: Holocene landscape reconstruction in the surroundings of the Temple of Pepi I at ancient Bubastis, southeastern Nile Delta (Egypt), Geoarchaeology, 39, 17–34, https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21981, 2024a. 
Garbe, P., El-Raouf, A. A., Es-Senussi, A., Lange-Athinodorou, E., and Meister, J.: Lost and potentially found: the location of the “Temple of Hermes” at ancient Bubastis in the Nile Delta, E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 73, 95–99, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-95-2024, 2024b. 
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Ancient Bubastis (Tell Basta) remained occupied for over 3000 years despite the highly dynamic environmental conditions of the Nile Delta. This thesis reconstructs the city's landscape and settlement history using sediment coring, geophysical surveys, and phytolith analyses, demonstrating how geomorphology and changing land-use practices shaped long-term urban development.
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