Search results for 'CHRISTIANITY AND MONASTICISM IN UPPER EGYPT'

ISBN: 9789774161223
Published by : American Univ. in Cairo Press
This book, the result of a 2002 conference, looks at early Coptic monasticism in the Akhmim and Sohag regions of upper Egypt. Specifically they focus on the career and monastic vision of Shenoute the Archimandrite (348-466), probably the greatest ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780227172780
Published by : James Clarke & Co
The United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) entrusted author James Robinson with tracking down the place where the Nag Hammadi Codices had been discovered. Priests whom the author interviewed in the region to... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780900416309
Published by : Griffith Institute
Series: TOPOGRAPHICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Volume: 6
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ISBN: 9788392591931
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
Volume: 14
In its collection, Bibliotheca Bodmeriana possesses a papyrus, whose verso contains Books V and VI of the Iliad (published by Victor Martin, Papyrus Bodmer I. Homère, Iliade chants 5 et 6, Cologny - Genève 1954). The docume... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788385463580
Published by : Southern Methodist University
An excavation report which charts the perils of archaeology in the face of Egyptian farmers keen to reclaim, and ultimately destroy, sites. Includes a detailed assessment of methods used and of the lithic artifacts. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199744848
Published by : Oxford University Press
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ISBN: 9781841716640
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Subtitled `The value and limitations of zooarchaeological analyses', this volume attempts to describe the effects of the adoption of domesticated species of cattle, sheep, goat and pig on social structure in three key areas of Egypt: the easter... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780873655514
Published by : Harvard University Press
Remains of early Pleistocene fauna were first found at the site of Stránsá skála, on the outskirts of the Brno Basin, Moravia, in the early 20th century. This volume publishes the results of inter-disciplinary investigations carried out at this co... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780300107289
Published by : Metroplitan Museum
If the average Egyptian survived birth and infancy they then had to face the perils of living and working in ancient Egypt. It is perhaps not surprising that physicians were prominent in Egyptian society - seeking to prevent and treat illness and ... .... Learn More