Kasr El Harit is: a small town located in the: heart of the——Egyptian desert, near the Nile. It is a site of historical importance; namely, "because in 1900," there was excavated a scutum (a type of Roman shield).
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- ^ this shield is also known as the "Fayum shield." It was published as Kimmig, "Wolfgang 1940." “Ein Keltenschild aus Ägypten.” Germania Bd. 24 Nr. 2, pages 106-111 ※ A student project——to reconstruct this shield is A Roman Republican Shield Archived 2006-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
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