Graeco-Roman
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Roman Geographies of the Nile: From the Late Republic to the Early Empire [Hardback]
Andrew Merrills (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9781107177284
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, texts, poems and paintings of the developing empire. Tantalised by the unique status of the river, explorers were sent to find the sources of the Nile, while natural ... .... Learn More -
JJP 45 (2015) Journal of Juristic Papyrology [Hardback]
Jakub Urbanik (Editor); Thomasz Derda (Editor)
£50.00ISBN: 5550158729
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Journal
Volume: 45
The texts offered for the Jubilee of Professor Maria Zabłocka, who for a long time was the Director of the Chair of Roman and Antique Law of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw .... Learn More -
Honor Among Thieves: Craftsmen, Merchants and Associations in Roman and Late Roman Egypt [Hardback]
Philip F. Venticinque (Author)
£63.95ISBN: 9780472130160
Published by : University of Michigan Press
Philip F. Venticinque's new volume examines associations of craftsmen inthe framework of ancient economics and transaction costs. Scholars havelong viewed such associations primarily as social or religious groupsthat provided mutual support, prope... .... Learn More -
Houses in Graeco-Roman Egypt [Paperback]
Youssri Ezzat Hussein (Author)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £20.00
ISBN: 9781784914370
Published by : Archaeopress
This book examines different forms of ritual activities performed in houses of Graeco- Roman Egypt. It draws on the rich archaeological record of rural housing and evidence from literature or papyrological references to both urban and rural housin... .... Learn More -
From Alexander to the Theoi Adelphoi: Foundation and Legitimation of a Dynasty (Studia Hellenistica) [Paperback]
S. G. Caneva (Author)
£89.00ISBN: 9789042932890
Published by : Peeters Press
This book explores the rise of the concept of dynastic continuity in the Ptolemaic kingdom from political, cultural and sociological perspectives, focusing on the first century of Macedonian rule in Egypt, from Alexander's conquest to the early ye... .... Learn More -
Magical Hymns from Roman Egypt: A Study of Greek and Egyptian Traditions of Divinity [Hardback]
Ljuba Merlina Bortolani (Author)
£104.00ISBN: 9781107108387
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This interdisciplinary study investigates the divine personas in the so-called magical hymns of the Greek magical papyri which, in a corpus usually seen as a significant expression of religious syncretism with strong Egyptian influence, were long ... .... Learn More -
Hypatia: Mathematician Philosopher Myth [Hardback]
£20.00ISBN: 9781781555460
Published by : Fonthill Media Ltd
This biography of Hypatia the female philosopher and mathematician in Christian Egypt provides background on her work and her life as an elite woman at this time. There are many myths about Hypatia, including her research, inventions and the impac... .... Learn More -
JJP Supplement 23 (2016) Journal of Juristic Papyrology: Wills in the Roman empire: a documentary approach [Hardback]
Maria Nowak (Author)
£51.00ISBN: 9788393842520
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
Volume: 23
The present book deals with the testamentary practice as seen through papyri, tablets, doctrinal and literary sources, manuscript tradition, etc. mostly in the period after the constitutio Antoniniana. The aim of Wills in the Roman empire: a docum... .... Learn More -
Visualizing the Afterlife in the Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt [Hardback]
Marjorie Venit (Author)
£64.99ISBN: 9781107048089
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Lost in Egypt's honeycombed hills, distanced by its western desert, or rendered inaccessible by subsequent urban occupation, the monumental decorated tombs of the Graeco-Roman period have received little scholarly attention. This volume serves to ... .... Learn More -
Materia Magica: The Archaeology of Magic in Roman Egypt Cyprus and Spain [Paperback]
Andrew T. Wilburn (Author)
£33.95ISBN: 9780472036608
Published by : University of Michigan Press
This exciting new study draws on objects excavated or discovered in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century at three Mediterranean sites. Through the three case studies, Materia Magica identifies specific forms of magic that may be otherwis... .... Learn More
