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Belzoni's travels : narrative of the operations and recent discoveries in Egypt and Nubia /
: "Originally published in Italy in 2001 by Geodia": Title pages verso. : 336 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 36 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-334) and index. : 0714119407
The mirage of the Saracen : Christians and nomads in the Sinai Peninsula in late antiquity /
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The Mirage of the Saracen analyzes the growth of monasticism and Christian settlements in the Sinai Peninsula through the early seventh century CE. Walter D. Ward examines the ways in which Christian monks justified occupying the Sinai through creating associations between Biblical narratives and Sinai sites while assigning uncivilized, negative, and oppositional traits to the indigenous nomadic population, whom the Christians pejoratively called "Saracens." By writing edifying tales of hostile nomads and the ensuing martyrdom of the monks, Christians not only reinforced their claims to the spiritual benefits of asceticism but also also provoked the Roman authorities to enhance defense of pilgrimage routes to the Sinai. When Muslim armies later began conquering the Middle East, Christians also labeled these new conquerors as Saracens, connecting Muslims to these pre-Islamic representations. This timely and relevant work builds a historical account of interreligious encounters in the ancient world, showing the Sinai as a crucible for forging long-lasting images of both Christians and Muslims, some of which endure today.'--Provided by publisher.
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xxvii, 193 pages : illustraitons, maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-187) and index. :
9780520283770 :
https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/staffView?searchId=33717&recPointer=0&recCount=25&searchType=0&bibId=18124711
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Voyages en Egypte et en Nubie /
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Translation of: Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia.
"Les grandes decouvertes du Temple de Ramses II a Abou-Simbel et de la Tombe de Sethi 1er"--Jacket cover. :
332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 26 cm :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
2857040687
9782857040682
2857043163
9782857043164
The Egyptian mummies and coffins of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science : history, technical analysis, and conservation /
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"In the 1980s, Denver Museum of Nature & Science acquired two ancient Egyptian mummies and coffins. The mummies are from an unknown locale and have been subject of unpublished scientific and unscientific analyses. The DMNS staff scientists decided to reexamine the mummies and coffins using new and innovative techniques"--|cProvided by publisher.
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(vii, 209 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781646421374
Das Ereignis : Geschichtsschreibung zwischen Vorfall und Befund /
: Theoretical essays on the writing of history, which examine how ancient historical narratives are formed, structured and transmitted, and the problems encountered when using ancient historical sources. : xvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781906137137
Perspectives on lived religion : practices transmission landscape /
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Religion in the ancient world, and ancient Egyptian religion in particular, is often perceived as static, hierarchically organised, and centred on priests, tombs, and temples. Engagement with archaeological and textual evidence dispels these beguiling if superficial narratives, however. Individuals and groups continuously shaped their environments, and were shaped by them in turn. This volume explores the ways in which this adaptation, negotiation, and reconstruction of religious understandings took place. The material results of these processes are termed 'cultural geography'. The volume examines this 'cultural geography' through the study of three vectors of religious agency: religious practices, the transmission of texts and images, and the study of religious landscapes." - Back cover
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304 pages : illustrations (color), plans, maps ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (253-304). :
9789088907920 :
2034-550x ;
Visualizing the Afterlife in the Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt /
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"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. By the early first decade of the twenty-first century none had been subjected to critical analysis or interpretation, and most had largely been ignored. This volume serves to redress this deficiency. It explores the narrative pictorial programs of a group of decorated tombs from Ptolemaic and Roman-period Egypt (ca. 300 BCE - 250 CE). Its aim is to recognize the tombs' commonalities and differences across ethnic divides and to determine the rationale that lies behind these connections and dissonances, as it sets the tomb programs within their social, political, and religious context and analyzes the manner in which the multicultural population of Graeco-Roman Egypt chose to negotiate death and the afterlife"--
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xvii, 268 pages, 16unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and index. :
1107256577
9781107048089 (hardback : alkaline paper)
9781107626669 (paperback : alkaline paper)