Perspectives on Panopolis: An Egyptian town from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest : Acts...
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Panopolis, the modern town of Akhmîm in Southern Egypt, was in Graeco-Roman times an important religious and cultural centre. Its gigantic temple was a stronghold of traditional Egyptian religion. In Late Antiquity it became a major centre of Hellenistic literature and learning and, at the same time, of Coptic monasticism. The sources for Graeco-Roman Panopolis are numerous and diverse. They not only include numerous texts of all genres in various scripts and languages, but archaeological artefacts too. This volume brings together seventeen contributions, dealing with epigraphy, both hieroglyphic and Greek, Greek papyri, Demotic funerary texts, Coptic literature and local monastic architecture. Without neglecting the heuristic problems which these various sources pose, they conjure up a vivid picture of a world marked by profound religious and cultural change.
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1 online resource :
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Archaeological mission of Chieti University in Libya.
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This volume is dedicated to the archaeological mission in Cyrenaica, starting with the reports and researches of the seasons from 2006 to 2008. The emphasis of the publication is to present archaeological data to form part of an archive of finds, sites and monuments: a resource and reference point for archaeologists from Libya and elsewhere.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789694475 (PDF ebook) :
Qidfa' 1 : excavation of a late prehistoric tomb, Fujairah Emirate, United Arab Emirates /
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This volume presents results from the rescue excavations of the Qidfa' 1 site, a multi-period tomb (Wadi Suq-Late Bronze/Early Iron Age). The richness of the discoveries demonstrates the wealth and significance of the culture of the 2nd millennium BC in southeast Arabia.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803273273 (PDF ebook) :
Syrie : memoire et civilisation /
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Exhibition organised by the Institut du monde arabe and by the Ministere de la culture de la Republique arabe syrienne.
Catalogue of an exhibition held by the Institut du monde arabe, Paris, 1993, September 14 - 1994, February 28. :
487 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 482-487). :
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Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007 /
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This richly illustrated volume presents the remarkable results of the Italian Archaeological Mission's investigations at the site of the walled town of Baraqish in interior Yemen, ancient Yathill of the Sabaeans and Minaeans, between 1986 and 2007.
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Also issued in print in two volumes: 2021.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (xiv, 921 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789694710 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Voués à Ishtar : Syrie, janvier 1934, André Parrot découvre Mari : Exposition au musée de l'Institut du monde arabe 23 janvier-4 mai 2014 /
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Ouvrage publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe, Paris, du 23 janvier au 4 mai 2014. Il y a tout juste quatre-vingts ans, à peine une vie d'homme, André Parrot mettait au jour en Syrie une petite statue avec une inscription sur l'épaule qui lui révélait le nom ancien de la ville, Mari, dont la fouille débutait. À regarder les photographies en noir et blanc prises alors, on peut aisément concevoir l'émotion qu'il en ressentit. Cependant, loin de la vision romantique de l'archéologue-héros développée depuis par un certain cinéma, les photographies des premières campagnes conduites sur le site montrent un quotidien différent, soucieux d'une vision à la fois large des vestiges dans leur environnement, grâce aux photos aériennes prises avec le concours de l'armée, et au plus près du sol d'où sont, patiemment, excavés les fondations de cet ensemble urbain ainsi qu'un abondant matériel, catalogué avec soin, soir après soir.
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312 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
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9782351593943 :
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Volubilis après Rome : les fouilles UCL/INSAP, 2000-2005 /
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Le site archéologique le plus visité au Maroc, Volubilis est connu depuis longtemps pour ses mosaïques spectaculaires. Ce livre traite de ce qui est arrivé à la ville après le retrait de l'administration romaine à la fin du troisième siècle. Les fouilles publiées ici montrent comment la ville a continué à survivre jusqu'au cinquième siècle, avec des maisons d'élite commandant encore des mosaïques élégantes, et comment cette occupation a pris fin dans un séisme brutal. La ville renaît au sixième siècle avec de nouveaux occupants, la tribu berbère des Awraba. Au VIIIe siècle, il devint le siège de l'homme qui unit la plus grande partie du Maroc à la tête de l'Awraba, Idris I, descendant du prophète Mahomet. The most-visited archaeological site in Morocco, Volubilis has long been known for its spectacular mosaics. Instead, this book deals with what happened to the town after the Roman administration was withdrawn at the end of the third century. The excavations published here show how the town continued to survive into the fifth century, with élite houses still commissioning elegant and witty mosaics, and how this occupation came to an end in a brutal earthquake. The town revived in the sixth century with new occupants, the Berber Awraba tribe. In the eighth century, it became the headquarters of the man who united most of Morocco at the head of the Awraba, Idris I, a descendant of the prophet Mohammed. Contributeurs/Contributors: Ali Aït Kaci, Victoria Amoros-Ruiz, Mustafa Atki, Amira K. Bennison, Helen Dawson, Fatima-Zohra El-Harrif, Hafsa El Hassani, Abdallah Fili, Dorian Fuller, Guy Hunt, Anthony King, Tarik Moujoud, Gaetano Palumbo, Ruth Pelling, Susan Walker, Mark Wilson Jones.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004371583
Qatar : evidence of the Palaeolithic earliest people revealed /
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This work, with full text in English and Arabic, synthesises the results of extensive fieldwork by the PADMAC Unit (Kellogg College, Oxford) with diverse historical records and reports of earlier investigations, to tell the story of the long and difficult search to discover the identity of the first people to inhabit the sovereign State of Qatar.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Published in association with PADMAC Unit.
"This book is an accompaniment to the published papers, posters and articles that detail the research undertaken from 2009 to 2020 in the State of Qatar by the PADMAC Unit"--Title page verso.
Second sequence of pages is numbered in Arabic script. :
1 online resource (128, 119 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781803270517 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.