Graeco-Roman

ISBN: 9780753828632
Published by : Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Following his hugely successful biography of Caesar, Goldsworthy here turns his attention to Antony and Cleopatra, and covers the lives of the famous lovers with a similar flair. He traces their political careers, and attempts to reconstruct th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306544
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This collection of papers orignally given at a 2008 conference at Alexandria University presents recent archaeological work on the Lake Mareotis region of Alexandria, of considerable importance in antiquity as a hub of economic activity and of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780198154648
Published by : Oxford University Press
This book presents in translation sixty texts of rituals designed to ease the passage to the afterlife, and of descriptions of life after death. The texts are all from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, less well represented in translation than ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780691140261
Published by : Princeton University Press
For the past hundred years, much has been written about the early editions of Christian texts discovered in the region that was once Roman Egypt. Scholars have cited these papyrus manuscripts--containing the Bible and other Christian works--as ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783110207415
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
The demotic documents from the Soknopaiu Nesos area of Al Fayyum presented here provide insights into the economic, religious and private lives of the village population under Ptolemaic rule. The documents, which are now all located in the Pap... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789042920330
Published by : Peeters Press
The source material available for the village and necropolis of Hawara covers a period of almost 3000 years, reaching from the 12th Dynasty (ca. 1800 BC) to the Arab Period (10th century AD). Thanks to the many archaeological data, literary tex... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515094269
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
The Artemidorus Papyrus (P. Artemid.), first published in 2008,
is potentially the most significant new discovery in recent
years for a range of fields within Classics: the history of
drawing in the Greco-Roman world and mo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788779344914
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Alexandria was famed as a cultural centre and meeting point throughout antiquity, with Greek, Egyptian, Pagan, Jew and Christian identities and communities all playing an important part in the City's makeup. These eight essays explore aspects o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781848683242
Published by : Amberley Publishing
The tragic love affair of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is a staple of popular ancient history, immortalised by Shakespeare and Hollywood and mercilessly parodied in Carry on Cleo. In this dual biography Patricia Southern attempts to rescue both fr... .... Learn More