Graeco-Roman

ISBN: 9781445605760
Published by : Amberley Publishing
ò The story of one of the most compelling love affairs ever.ò A well loved area of history, interest in Ancient Rome has also been boosted by recent television shows and the expected release of the major Hollywood biopic of Cleopatra starring Ange... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782724703405
Published by : Boustany's Publishing House
Fondé au IIe s. av. J.-C. sur la rive occidentale de la mer Rouge, le port de Myos Hormos connut son apogée au lendemain de la conquête romaine de lÉgypte; cest alors que des caravanes allaient et venaient entre Koptos, le grand port nilotique,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782724704136
Published by : Boustany's Publishing House
Pilgrim flasks decorated in relief form a category of ceramics that is still not well known today. Using imported models, they were produced in Egypt without interruption from the Hellenistic period through the Roman era up until the flasks of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782724704099
Published by : Boustany's Publishing House
Le fort de Didymoi, construit par larmée romaine sur la piste Coptos-Bérénice en 76/77 apr. J.-C. et occupé jusquau second quart du IIIe siècle, a livré une collection de plus de 700 objets en cuir. Fragments de vêtements, chaussures et sandale... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521838382
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This volume publishes fifty-four Ptolemaic papyri from the Fayum and Middle Egypt, with English translations and extensive commentaries. The texts, dating from c. 250-150 BC and written in either Greek or Egyptian demotic, record lists of adult... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783777432458
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
No other woman in history has fired up the imagination like Cleopatra: powerful ruler, seductive mistress, and mother of royal children. She captivated Caesar and Mark Anthony, the two most powerful Romans of their time, and took her own life b... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788391825037
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
Volume: 4
The temple of Queen Hantshepsut at Deir el-Bahari at Luxor is one of the most fascinating architectural monuments of Ancient Egypt. It has been explored and reconstructed by Polish archaeologists for several decades and the present volume is th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842172032
Published by : Oxbow Books
Between 1999 and 2003, the University of Southampton conducted excavations at the site of Quseir al-Qadim. This excavation was prompted by the idea that the site was not the minor port of Leucos Limen - as had been thought by previous excavator... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199276653
Published by : Oxford University Press
Oxbow says: New forms of visual representation entered Egyptian art traditions along with exposure to the Greek world under the Ptolemaic dynasty. The movement towards greater naturalism in art and naturalistic portraiture in particular, had a gr... .... Learn More