The Roman emperor and his court c. 30 BC-c. AD 300 /
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"At the centre of the Roman empire stood the emperor and the court surrounding him. The systematic investigation of this court in its own right, however, has been a relatively late development in the field of Roman history, and previous studies have focused on narrowly defined aspects or on particular periods of Roman history. This book makes a major contribution to understanding the history of the Roman imperial court. The first volume presents nineteen original essays covering all the major dimensions of the court from the age of Augustus to the threshold of Late Antiquity. The second volume is a collection of the ancient sources that are central to studying that court. The collection includes: translations of literary sources, inscriptions, and papyri; plans and computer visualizations of archaeological remains; and photographs of archaeological sites and artworks depicting the emperor and his court"--
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volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781316513231
The Great Oasis of Egypt : the Kharga and Dakhla oases in antiquity /
: Papers originally presented at a conference held September, 2014, at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. : xviii, 344 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-344) and index. : 9781108482165
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)
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