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Book Becoming Byzantine

    Book Details:
  • Author : Αριέττα Παπακωνσταντίνου
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9780884023562
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Becoming Byzantine written by Αριέττα Παπακωνσταντίνου and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming Byzantine: Children and Childhood in Byzantium presents detailed information about children's lives, and provides a basis for further study. This collection of eight articles covers matters relevant to daily life such as the definition of children in Byzantine law, procreation, death, breastfeeding patterns, and material culture.

Book A Companion to Greco Roman and Late Antique Egypt

Download or read book A Companion to Greco Roman and Late Antique Egypt written by Katelijn Vandorpe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and multidisciplinary Companion to Egypt during the Greco‐Roman and Late Antique period With contributions from noted authorities in the field, A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt offers a comprehensive resource that covers almost 1000 years of Egyptian history, starting with the liberation of Egypt from Persian rule by Alexander the Great in 332 BC and ending in AD 642, when Arab rule started in the Nile country. The Companion takes a largely sociological perspective and includes a section on life portraits at the end of each part. The theme of identity in a multicultural environment and a chapter on the quality of life of Egypt's inhabitants clearly illustrate this objective. The authors put the emphasis on the changes that occurred in the Greco-Roman and Late Antique periods, as illustrated by such topics as: Traditional religious life challenged; Governing a country with a past: between tradition and innovation; and Creative minds in theory and praxis. This important resource: Discusses how Egypt became part of a globalizing world in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times Explores notable innovations by the Ptolemies and Romans Puts the focus on the longue durée development Offers a thematic and multidisciplinary approach to the subject, bringing together scholars of different disciplines Contains life portraits in which various aspects and themes of people’s daily life in Egypt are discussed Written for academics and students of the Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt period, this Companion offers a guide that is useful for students in the areas of Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and New Testament studies.

Book Kenchreai

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  • Author : Robert Lorentz Scranton
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN : 9789004042810
  • Pages : 506 pages

Download or read book Kenchreai written by Robert Lorentz Scranton and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1976 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Antinoe and Its Papyri

Download or read book Antinoe and Its Papyri written by John de Monins Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ancient Egypt and the East

Download or read book Ancient Egypt and the East written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Egyptian Cultural Identity in the Architecture of Roman Egypt  30 BC AD 325

Download or read book Egyptian Cultural Identity in the Architecture of Roman Egypt 30 BC AD 325 written by Youssri Ezzat Hussein Abdelwahed and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-02-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers the relationship between architectural form and different layers of identity assertion in Roman Egypt. It stresses the sophistication of the concept of identity, and the complex yet close association between architecture and identity.

Book Ancient Egypt

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  • Author : New York Public Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1942
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 358 pages

Download or read book Ancient Egypt written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Handbook for Travellers in Egypt  Including Descriptions of the Course of the Nile to the Second Cataract  Alexandria  Cairo  the Pyramids  and Thebes  A New Ed  with Corrections and Additions

Download or read book A Handbook for Travellers in Egypt Including Descriptions of the Course of the Nile to the Second Cataract Alexandria Cairo the Pyramids and Thebes A New Ed with Corrections and Additions written by John Gardner Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Paleopathology of the Ancient Egyptians

Download or read book Paleopathology of the Ancient Egyptians written by Lisa Sabbahy and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and expanded annotated bibliography presents and describes over 1,200 books, dissertations, excavation reports, and articles relevant to the paleopathology of the ancient Egyptians from the fields of Egyptology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and medicine, making it possible for scholars in these different fields to keep current with the latest finds and results. Each source has a short annotation explaining its relevant pathological information, so that scholars can ascertain whether or not any particular source is germane to their own research, and see what is being studied and published by others. In particular, this bibliography will be an immense help to scholars outside the field of Egyptology who want to know about the newest excavations with human remains. It will be indispensable to scholars as well as non-specialists who are intrigued by this area of study, particularly forensic pathologists, medical researchers, historians of medicine, and mummy enthusiasts.

Book Architectural Record

Download or read book Architectural Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Roman Social Relations  50 B C  to A D  284

Download or read book Roman Social Relations 50 B C to A D 284 written by Ramsay MacMullen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this interesting and suggestive book, Professor MacMullen views anew an important and rather neglected aspect of Roman social relations. A perceptive and sensitive interpreter, he has drawn widely upon the scattered and unorganized evidence about the poorer classes, rural and urban, in much of the Roman Empire, and presents a fresh picture of their conditions, attitudes and aims."--T. Robert S. Broughton "Ramsay MacMullen's work is always provocative and illuminating. This book is no exception...Through good writing, clear presentation, and outstanding common-sense judgment the author has given us chapters to be read with pleasure by a large audience. Specialist or not...This fine book represents for us what we may legitimately know of ancient society."--American Historical Review "Much of the evidence which MacMullen uses in his narrative is illuminating, much of the analysis and argument lucid and compelling....Roman Social Relations is an interesting and lively book [that] should certainly be read by anyone interested in the social history of the ancient world."--Journal of Social History Ramsay MacMullen is the author of Paganism in the Roman Empire and Roman Government's Response to Crisis, A.D. 235-337, among other works. He is Dunham Professor of History and Classics at Yale University and is currently president of the Association of Ancient Historians.

Book Through a Glass Brightly

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  • Author : Chris Entwistle
  • Publisher : Oxbow Books
  • Release : 2016-09-28
  • ISBN : 1785702742
  • Pages : 265 pages

Download or read book Through a Glass Brightly written by Chris Entwistle and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-five papers in this volume cover diverse aspects of the material culture of the late Roman, Byzantine and Medieval periods, with particular emphasis on the metalwork and enamel of these times. Individual papers include major reinterpretations of objects in the British Museum's Byzantine collections as well as essays devoted to the Museum's recent acquisitions in this field. The volume celebrates the retirement of David Buckton, for over twenty years the curator of the British Museum's Early Christian and Byzantine collections and the National Icon Collection.

Book Likeness and Presence

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  • Author : Hans Belting
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN : 9780226042152
  • Pages : 692 pages

Download or read book Likeness and Presence written by Hans Belting and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as "art" but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of the Holy. the faithful believed that these images served as relics and were able to work miracles, deliver oracles, and bring victory to the battlefield. In this magisterial book, Hans Belting traces the long history of the sacral image and its changing role--from surrogate for the represented image to an original work of art--in European culture. Likeness and Presence looks at the beliefs, superstitions, hopes, and fears that come into play as people handle and respond to sacred images, and presents a compelling interpretation of the place of the image in Western history. -- Back cover

Book Paleomicrobiology of Humans

Download or read book Paleomicrobiology of Humans written by Michel Drancourt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only recently was it determined that two of the world's most devastating plagues, the plague of Justinian and the medieval Black Death, were caused by distinct strains of the same pathogen. Use of paleomicrobiological techniques led to this discovery. This work is just one example of the historical mysteries that this emerging field has helped to clarify. Others, such as when tuberculosis began to afflict humans, the role of lice in plague pandemics, and the history of smallpox, are explored and further illuminated in Paleomicrobiology of Humans. Led by editors Michel Drancourt and Didier Raoult, the book's expert contributors address larger issues using paleomicrobiology. These include the recognition of human remains associated with epidemic outbreaks, identification of the graves of disasters, and the discovery of demographic structures that reveal the presence of an epidemic moment. In addition, the book reviews the technical approaches and controversies associated with recovering and sequencing very old DNA and surveys modern human diseases that have ancient roots. Essentially, paleomicrobiologists aim to identify past epidemics at the crossroads of different specialties, including anthropology, medicine, molecular biology, and microbiology. Thus, this book is of great interest not only to microbiologists but to medical historians and anthropologists as well. Paleomicrobiology of Humans is the first comprehensive book to examine so many aspects of this new, multidisciplinary, scientific field.

Book Actes Du Neuvi  me Congr  s International Des   gyptologues

Download or read book Actes Du Neuvi me Congr s International Des gyptologues written by Jean Claude Goyon and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This massive 2 volume set contains 200 papers from the Congress, held in Grenoble, 6-12 Sept 2004. These papers cover the whole field of the present egyptological researches, from the Origins to the Graeco-roman period.

Book Topography of Thebes  and General View of Egypt

Download or read book Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt written by Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Topography of Thebes  and General View of Egypt

Download or read book Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt written by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: