Graeco-Roman
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Greco-Roman Cities at the Crossroads of Cultures: The 20th Anniversary of Polish-Egyptian Conservation Mission Marina el-Alamein [Paperback]
Grazyna Bakowska-Czerner (Editor); Rafal Czerner (Editor)
£60.00ISBN: 9781789691481
Published by : Archaeopress
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The ancient town discovered at the site of today's Marina el-Alamein (located on the northern coast of Egypt) developed from the 2nd century BC to the 6th century AD. It found itself at the crossroads of several civilisations: Hellenic, later repl... .... Learn More -
Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt: Women's Bodies, Society and Domestic Space [Hardback]
Ada Nifosi (Author)
£140.00ISBN: 9781138099852
Published by : Routledge
Series: Medicine and the Body in Antiquity
How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women's bodies and how did it acknowledge women's reproductive functions? Detailing women's lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understudied aspects of women's lives such as their coming... .... Learn More -
Quesna I: Investigations in the Ptolemaic-Roman Cemetery 2006-2013 (Excavation Memoir) [Paperback]
£70.00ISBN: 9780856982217
Published by : Egypt Exploration Society
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Since 2006, investigations have been carried out in the Quesna necropolis by the team of the EES Minufiyeh Archaeological Survey. Quesna I concerns the first element of work now completed, the investigations in the Ptolemaic-Roman cemetery. The vo... .... Learn More -
Hellenistic Alexandria: Celebrating 24 Centuries - Papers presented at the conference held on December 13-15 2017 at Acropolis Museum, Athens [Paperback]
Christos S. Zerefos (Editor); Marianna V. Vardinoyannis (Editor)
Regular Price: £68.00
Special Price: £58.00
ISBN: 9781789690668
Published by : Archaeopress
Hellenistic Alexandria: Celebrating 24 Centuries' presents the proceedings of a conference held at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, on December 13-15, 2017, and includes high-level dialogues and philosophical discussions between international exper... .... Learn More -
A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt [Hardback]
Katelijn Vandorpe (Author)
£159.00ISBN: 9781118428474
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell
Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Not yet published - available for pre-order
With contributions from noted authorities in the field, A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egyptoffers a comprehensive resource thatcovers almost 1000 years of Egyptian history, starting with the liberation of Egypt from Persian rule by A... .... Learn More -
Ptolemy I Soter: A Self-Made Man [Paperback]
Timothy Howe (Editor)
£38.00ISBN: 9781789250428
Published by : Oxbow Books
As the founder of the longest-lasting of all the Hellenistic kingdoms, not only was Ptolemy I an able soldier and ruler, he was also an historian and, in Egyptian eyes, a living god. His own inclination and experience facilitated continuous acts o... .... Learn More -
Life in an Egyptian Village in Late Antiquity: Aphrodito Before and After the Islamic Conquest [Hardback]
Giovanni R. Ruffini (Author)
£28.99ISBN: 9781107105607
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Most ancient history focuses on the urban elite. Papyrology explores the daily lives of the more typical men and women in antiquity. Aphrodito, a village in sixth-century AD Egypt, is antiquity's best source for micro-level social history. The arc... .... Learn More -
The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom [Hardback]
Christian H. Bull (Author)
£164.00ISBN: 9789004370814
Published by : Brill
In The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus, Christian H. Bull argues that the treatises attributed to Hermes Trismegistus reflect the spiritual exercises and ritual practices of loosely organized brotherhoods in Egypt. These small groups were directe... .... Learn More -
Ptolemy I and the Transformation of Egypt, 404-282 BCE [Hardback]
Paul McKechnie (Editor); Jennifer A. Cromwell (Editor)
£110.00ISBN: 9789004366961
Published by : Brill
Amyrtaeus, only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty, shook off the shackles of Persian rule in 404 BCE; a little over seventy years later, Ptolemy son of Lagus started the ‘Greek millennium’ (J.G. Manning’s phrase) in Egypt―living long enough to ... .... Learn More -
JJP Supplement 31 (2017) Journal of Juristic Papyrology: ΟΙΝΟΣ: Production and Import of Wine in Graeco-Roman Egypt [Hardback]
Dorota Dzierzbicka (Author)
£52.00ISBN: 9788394684815
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
The aim of this book is to investigate the role of local and imported wines on the Egyptian market during the Graeco-Roman period. In order to study the supply of wine and its economic role, two separate topics must be considered: local production... .... Learn More
