Qasr Ibrim

The Cathedral Church

by Fred Aldsworth and contributions by Hans Barnard, Paul Drury and Przemyslaw Gartkiewicz

Book cover: Qasr Ibrim

Extent: 156 pages

Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Series: Excavation Memoir

Series volume number: 97

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2010)

ISBN: 9780856981906

Price: $39.50

In stock

This book details excavations and findings from the Egypt Exploration Society (1963-1998) at Qasr Ibrim’s Cathedral Church. It presents the archaeological evidence, construction history, and the building’s evolution into a domestic dwelling and Ottoman Mosque, within the context of Medieval Nubia.


This book records the results of excavations and investigations undertaken by the Egypt Exploration Society between 1963 and 1998 on the largest surviving building, the Cathedral Church, on the significant site of Qasr Ibrim, one of the very few not totally destroyed by inundation following the construction of the Aswan Dam and the creation of Lake Nasser. It sets out the archaeological evidence, which has resulted from excavations and a detailed study of the surviving fabric, and provides an interpretation of that evidence for the construction of the Cathedral Church including its subsequent abandonment and use as a domestic dwelling and then an Ottoman Mosque. It also places the building and the site within the context of Medieval Nubia.

  • By (author) Fred Aldsworth
  • Contributions by Hans Barnard
  • Contributions by Paul Drury
  • Contributions by Przemyslaw Gartkiewicz