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. :
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9781107626669 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Kinship and family in ancient Egypt : archaeology and anthropology in dialogue /
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"In this interdisciplinary study, Leire Olabarria examines ancient Egyptian society through the notion of kinship. Drawing on methods from archaeology and sociocultural anthropology, she provides an emic characterisation of ancient kinship that relies on performative aspects of social interaction. Olabarria uses memorial stelae of the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom (ca 2150-1650 BCE) as her primary evidence. Contextualising these monuments within their social and physical landscapes, she proposes a dynamic way to explore kin groups through sources that have been considered static. The volume offers three case studies of kin groups at the beginning, peak, and decline of their developmental cycles respectively. They demonstrate how ancient Egyptian evidence can be used for cross-cultural comparison of key anthropological topics, such as group formation, patronage, and rites of passage"--
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xv, 279 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 26 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781108498777
Searching for ancient Egypt : art, architecture, and artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology /
: Exhibition venues: Dallas Museum of Art, Sept. 28, 1997-Feb. 1, 1998; Denver Art Museum, Apr. 3-Aug. 2, 1998; Seattle Art Museum, Oct. 15, 1998-Jan. 17, 1999; Joslyn Art Museum, Mar. 27-July 25, 1999; Birmingham Museum of Art, Oct. 3, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Mar. 15-July 23, 2000. : 342 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-330) and index. : 0801434823 (alk. paper)
The archaeology of the first farmer-herders in Egypt : new insights into the Fayum Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic /
: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctorate) -- Universiteit Leiden, 2010. : xii, 389 pages : Illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-373). : 9789087280796 (pbk.) : Nabil
Abû l-Mahâsin ibn Taghrî Birdî's Annals entitled Annujûm az-zâhirâ fî mulûk Miṣr wal-Kâhirâ /
: The edition of the text was begun by Juynboll and Matthes (volume I, part 1-2, 1852-1855 ; volume II, part1, by Juynboll alone, 1857) and the Arabic paging of the present portion, volume II, part 2, fasc. 1, has been made continuous with that of the Juynboll portion. cf. Pref. : volumes ; 27 cm.
Islam and modernism in Egypt : a study of the modern reform movement inaugurated by Muḥammad ʻAbduh /
: The first part of a dissertation submitted in 1928 to the Graduate faculty of the University of Chicago, Department of Old Testament, for degree of doctor of philosophy. It forms an introductory study for a translation into English, not yet published, of a work on the Islāmic caliphate by ʻAlī ʻAbd al-Rāzik. Cf. Pref. : viii, 283 pages ; 23 cm. : Bibliography : pages [269]-274.