A late Christian pilgrimage centre in Nubia : the evidence of wall inscriptions in the Upper Church at Banganarti /
: xvi, 619 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (partly color) ; 31 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-619) and indexes. : 9789042943797
Cult and Ritual in Persian Period Egypt : An Analysis of the Decoration of the Cult Chapels of the Temple of Hibis at Kharga Oasis /
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"Ancient Egyptian temple walls expressed royal and political ideologies, reflected the ancient Egyptian secular and spiritual world order, supplied a medium for the reenactments of assorted myths, and implied a metaphor for the universe. The Temple of Hibis is one of the most important temples from Late Period Egypt. Despite the conventional overall architecture plan of the temple, it exhibits numerous particularities. While the more prominent parts of the temple, such as the sanctuary, have been studied by numerous scholars, in other areas the decoration schemes remain largely unexplained. This book focuses on the decorative schemes of several chapels in the earlier part of the temple, chapels that were either established and/or were decorated during the first Persian Period (525-404 BCE). These chapels were located around the main sanctuary A, but have rarely been the subject of scholarly discussions. It concentrates on a few chapels of the Temple of Hibis: chapels F and G to the south of sanctuary A on the first level of the temple and all the decorated chapels, E1, E2, H1, and H2, on the second level of the temple. Each chapter begins with a brief description of the scenes and their basic layout and a complete translation of the accompanying texts. A more in-depth analysis regarding both text and image follows in the commentary. It includes the analysis of the different aspects of the gods, their origins, and the development of their cults that are significant to the scenes and to each other. Also discussed are their coherence, any aspects that are especially emphasized, and any other information that could be gleaned from the whole scene. The analysis tries to detail the specific composition that makes up the mosaic of the picture, wall, or room. Attention is paid to both the scenic arrangement and the hieroglyphic inscriptions, as the interpretation of one would be meaningless without the other. Attention is given to investigating the general function of the different rooms by means of their decoration and by identifying the patterns or important themes generated by the layout of the scenes. The results are summarized in the last chapter. A number of line drawings have been inserted into the text beside a described scene as an aid to the reader"--
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xv, 294 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-264) and index. :
9781950343096
Text-Bild-Objekte im archäologischen Kontext /
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Die altägyptische Kultur hat ein reiches archäologisches Erbe an Texten und Bildern hinterlassen, deren Bedeutung sich häufig erst unter Berücksichtigung ihrer räumlichen Dimension erschliesst. Der vorliegende Band widmet sich dem Zusammenspiel textueller und visueller Perspektiven in der Analyse ägyptischer Denkmäler und deren räumlicher Verortung und greift damit einen Schwerpunkt der epigraphischen und archäologischen Forschung Susanne Bickels auf. 'Text-Bild-Objekte im archäologischen Kontext' entfaltet diese Forschungsperspektive in 17 Beiträgen, vom Alten Reich bis ins 19. Jahrhundert und von Nubien bis in die Schweiz.
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xxii, 293 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portrait ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references(pages 292-293) and index. :
9783943955224
3943955222 :
0946-8641 ;
Etienne Drioton et l'Egypte : Parcours d'un eminent egyptologue passionne de photographie /
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Témoignages de ses travaux, mais aussi de son regard attentif sur la vie quotidienne en Égypte, Étienne Drioton a laissé une importante collection de clichés réalisés entre 1924 et 1952, dont beaucoup sont encore inédits. Cet ouvrage vous propose de lui emboîter le pas au fil du Nil. Tout d'abord l'égyptologue nous entraîne vers les sites archéologiques de Haute Égypte : Médamoud et Tôd, où il travaille entre 1925 et 1936, puis Karnak, Louqsor et Deir el-Médineh. À côté de la réalisation d'une multitude de clichés de sites et de fouilles, il s'intéresse aussi à la réalité quotidienne des habitants de ces contrées. Il entre dans les villages, réalise des portraits de personnages typiques, rencontre les fellahs, fixe par l'image les travaux des champs. En juin 1936, alors qu'il est Directeur général du Service des antiquités au Caire, le pays se présente comme un vaste chantier. Ici on fouille, là on reconstitue un monument. En tenue civile ou coiffé du tarbouche officiel, il visite les sites, accompagnant parfois de hautes personnalités qui ont marqué l'histoire. Ce sont pour nous autant d'occasions de découvrir les vestiges de l'Égypte pharaonique tels qu'ils se présentaient en cette première moitié du XXe siècle. Voyage sur le Nil en compagnie du roi Farouk, reconstitution du complexe funéraire de Djeser à Saqqara, découvertes des tombes royales de Tanis, sont autant de points forts qui jalonnent cet album. Sa bibliographie, en annexe, rappelle qu'il était avant tout un chercheur, un immense savant dont les travaux novateurs ont fait avancer la science de l'égyptologie.
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303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-299) and index. :
9782874571077
A distant prospect of Wessex : archaeology and the past in the life and works of Thomas Hardy /
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'If the real Wessex, with its counties, towns, villages and topography, was no mere readily available template upon which Hardy could carve a fictional pattern, Dorchester provided a very different model, though at the level of local colour and detail, Casterbridge really is Dorchester 'by any other name'. In this study, Martin Davies examines the role which Thomas Hardy's involvement with the past plays in his life and literary work.
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1 online resource : illustrations :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784910792 (PDF ebook) :
Perspectives on Panopolis: An Egyptian town from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest : Acts From an International Symposium Held in Leiden on 16, 17 and 18 December 1998 /
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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 :
9789004427853
9789004117532
Aramaic documents from Egypt : a key-word-in-context concordance /
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A key-word-in-context concordance to the Aramaic materials from Elephantine published in Textbook of Aramaic documents from ancient Egypt ([Jerusalem] : Hebrew University, Dept. of the History of the Jewish People ; Winona Lake, IN, U.S.A. : Distributed by Eisenbrauns, �1986-�1999). :
xvi, 495 pages ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-495) and index. :
157506068X
9781575060682
Princes et pays d'Asie et de Nubie : textes hieratiques sur des figurines d'envoutement du moyen empire : suivis de Remarques paleographiques sur les textes similaires de Berlin /
: 114 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index.
Walking among pharaohs : George Reisner and the dawn of modern Egyptology /
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In this expansive biography of George Reisner, Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian examines the life and work of America's greatest archaeologist. Manuelian presents Reisner's undeniable impact and considers his life within the context of Western colonialism, racism, and nationalism.
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xxxii, 1043 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 25 cm.
Also available online. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 959-1023) and index. :
0197628931
9780197628935
From Alexandria to Babylon : Near Eastern languages and Hellenistic erudition in the Oxyrhynchus glossary (P. Oxy. 1802 + 4812) /
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"The Oxyrhynchus Glossary that is the object of the present study was previously published by Arthur S. Hunt as P. Oxy. 15.1802"--Introduction. :
x, 176 pages, 13 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9783110206937
3110206935