Herodotus' Autopsy of the Fayoum : Lake Moeris and the Labyrinth of Egypt /

From Strabo and Diodorus to Petrie and the pre-sent we have tried to build Herodotus' vast, mysterious, funerary Egyptian Labyrinth and great, man-made Lake Moeris with all manner of pyramids into the Middle-Kingdom ruins of the Fayoum basin, all on the hopeful assumption that Herodotus must ha...

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Main Author: Armayor, O.K. (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1985.

Series: Classical Studies - Book Archive pre-2000

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505 0 |t Front Matter -- Preliminary Material /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- Acknowledgements /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- Abbreviations /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- Introduction /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- Lake Moeris /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- The Labyrinth /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- The Later Traditions /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- Conclusions /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- Back Matter -- Appendix /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- Select Bibliography /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- Maps. /  |r O. Kimball Armayor -- Select Index of Proper Names /  |r O. Kimball Armayor. 
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