Download or read book Chronological Systems of Byzantine Egypt Second Edition written by Roger Shaler Bagnall and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Egypt is the richest source of primary documents for the society of late antiquity. Its thousands of papyri provide insight into everyday life and topics ignored by ancient authors. This handbook is an indispensable tool in navigating these documents.

Download or read book Wine Wealth and the State in Late Antique Egypt written by Todd Hickey and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic practices and theory of the Roman Empire, as seen through the lens of the estate of the Flavii Apiones

Download or read book Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scribe of Justice written by Zahi A. Hawass and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the career of Shafik Allam, an Egyptologist known for his expertise in Ancient Egyptian legal theory and practice, this collection of articles offered by leading scholars explores such diverse subjects as a reading of the psychology of a sly stone carver in the deliberately clumsy work on an unfinished tomb in Saqqara; the echoes of ancient Egyptian beliefs and superstitions that are found today in certain folkloric practices and folktales; the owner of a newly-discovered decorated tomb in Saqqara is identified as an individual named Remni and placed in context as a close intimate of King Teti; an examination of the interior walls of Khufu's pyramid that through analysis of the camouflaging techniques used on them proposes a more complex architecture inside the great structure than has been previously understood; and other articles explore Coptic inscriptions on stelae from Middle Egypt, the Demotic inscriptions on the coffins of ibis, and two previously unpublished fourth century BCE papyri in Demotic from the sacred animal necropolis at Saqqara are interpreted, one discussing the plundering of a vineyard, and the other the repayment of a debt in silver.

Download or read book Egypt in Late Antiquity written by Roger S. Bagnall and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on Egypt from the accession of Diocletian in 284 to the middle of the fifth century, this book brings together information pertaining to the society, economy and culture of a province important to understanding the entire eastern part of the later

Download or read book Sixty five Papyrological Texts written by F. A. J. Hoogendijk and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains editions of sixty-five Greek, Demotic, Coptic and Arabic texts from Egypt, contributed as a token of friendship and respect by forty-six of Klaas Worpa (TM)s colleagues and co-authors upon his retirement from the Papyrological Institute of the University of Leiden in August 2008. The contents are as diverse as Klaas Worpa (TM)s own wide range of interests, and provide a vivid impression of life and culture in Graeco-Roman Egypt. The texts are written on papyrus, potsherds, parchment, paper and wood. They include both literary and documentary papyri and ostraca, and date from the third century BC to the eleventh century AD. They are published fully, most for the first time, with transcriptions and translations, and are accompanied by photographs.

Download or read book Recently Published Articles American Historical Association written by American Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Chronological Systems of Byzantine Egypt written by Roger S. Bagnall and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity 3 written by G. H. R. Horsley and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1997-12-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series seeks to keep New Testament and early church researchers, teachers, and students abreast of emerging documentary evidence by reproducing and reviewing recently published Greek inscriptions and papyri that illumine the context in which the Christian church developed. Produced by the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre at Macquarie University, the New Docs volumes broaden the context of biblical studies and other related fields and provide a better understanding of the historical and social milieus of early Christianity.

Download or read book Society for Ancient Medicine Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book John Lydus and the Roman Past written by Michael Maas and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Lydus and the Roman Past offers a new interpretation of the emergence of Byzantine society as viewed through the eyes of John Lydus, a sixth-century scholar and civil servant.John Lydus and the Roman Past offers a new interpretation of the emergence of Byzantine society as viewed through the eyes of John Lydus, a sixth-century scholar and civil servant. Maas show that control of classical inheritance was politically contested in the reign of Justinian. He demonstrates how the past could be used to convey legitimacy and social definition at a time of profound change.

Download or read book Recently Published Articles written by American Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Eclectic Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eclectic Magazine written by John Holmes Agnew and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Eclectic Magazine written by John Holmes Agnew and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: