Mariusz Gwiazda and Tomasz Derda. "Marea: A Swan Song of Ancient Urban Planning." Antiquity, volume 95, issue 382 (August 2021 , e21). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.88

Archaeological investigations in late antique Marea, modern northern Hawwariya, Egypt, have revealed that a significant part of the site was a well-planned urban undertaking on a large scale, founded in the second half of the sixth century AD. Such newly planned urban sites are extremely rare in late antiquity.