The Amheida Project is an ongoing effort to excavate the town of Amheida in the Dakhla oasis in Northern Egypt. I was hired out in 2021 to Dr. Nicola Aravecchia by the Art History department at Washington University in Saint Louis, where I was already employed. Our part of the project was focused. on the remnants of an early-Christian church at the site. My responsibilities were to recreate and standardize the various maps and diagrams made during the project since 2001. This included pre-generated maps, rough field sketches, etc. Over the course of three and a half months in 2021, I created over 50 maps in Adobe Illustrator, some of which you can see below.*
"Christian Church at Amheida"
Map recreations by Cecilia Fosen
Original sketches and archeological study by the Amheida Project, in affiliation with the Institute for the Study of the Ancient world at New York University. Project Sponsored by New York University and Columbia University.
In addition, I spent the following three months creating a 3D model of what the church may have looked like when it was standing. Dr. Aravecchia and I spent several sessions discussing the features of the church that the archeology team had worked out, as well as the things that we really can't be sure of, such as the ceiling height. Finally, this effort led to a short walkthrough animation of the 3D model that I had made. Please see some stills from that video below.
"Christian Church at Amheida"
Theoretical 3D Model and Animation by Cecilia Fosen
Archeological study by the Amheida Project, in affiliation with the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. Project Sponsored by New York University and Columbia University.
*Intellectual Property of the Amheida Project belongs to the Amheida Project, in affiliation with the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. Images posted by the artist with the organization's permission.
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