Egypt
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Christopher Haas)
- Book Review: La Biblioteca Di Alessandria
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Alexandra Trachsel) Monica Berti, Virgilio Costa, La Biblioteca di Alessandria: storia di un paradiso perduto. Ricerche di filologia, letteratura e storia 10. Roma: Edizioni Tored, 2010. The study on the Library...
- Book Review: Riot In Alexandria
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Peter Van Nuffelen) Edward J. Watts, Riot in Alexandria: Tradition and Group Dynamics in Late Antique Pagan and Christian Communities. The Transformation of the Classical Heritage 46. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London:...
- Glorious Past And Future For Alexandria
Egypt Then and Now (Ben Morales-Correa) Ben has updated his blog with a story being carried by CNN Traveller. Here's a sample. Modern Alexandria sits on top of two great civilizations. A battle to reclaim its past and to build according to Alexandria’s...
- Alexandria Groomed For International Tourism
The Egyptian Gazette (Salah Attia) N.B. the story on this URL will expire in the next few days. It is always difficult to shed light on the admirable tourist products and landmarks in Alexandria, which is the highlight of the hybrid of cultures, different...
- War Memorial Obelisks Tell An Old Roman Story
Times Online (Philip Howard) Rome conquered Alexandria in 30BC. It was the only time that a single power dominated the entire Mediterranean basin. In one sense this was just another Roman conquest. But Alexandria is a special place: the cosmopolis for...
Egypt
Book Review: Alexandria Lost
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Christopher Haas)
Bojana Mojsov, Alexandria Lost: From the Advent of Christianity to the Arab Conquest. London: Duckworth, 2010.
Nearly two decades ago, Peter Fraser observed that classical Alexandria, like Antioch and other cities of the Middle East, did not ultimately die of “a slow cancer, but two massive heart attacks following upon a chronic illness.”1 He identified these coronary catastrophes as the Sassanian capture of the city in 619 and `Amr ibn al-As’s conquest in September of 641. This is the principal theme of Bojana Mojsov’s Alexandria Lost. Mojsov, an Egyptologist with long experience in the field of Pharaonic religion, exhibits from the first page a passion for the city known by the ancients as “most glorious Alexandria.” She sets out to discover “What happened to ancient Alexandria and to the Great Library? Alexander’s city was the shining star of the Mediterranean Sea, the museum the pride of the classical world, the library the greatest collection of antiquity. How could they disappear so thoroughly, without a trace?” (6).
Mojsov's answer is that the Alexandrian cultural heritage was destroyed deliberately by the forces of religious intolerance, and inadvertently by armies contending for possession of the city.
- Book Review: La Biblioteca Di Alessandria
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Alexandra Trachsel) Monica Berti, Virgilio Costa, La Biblioteca di Alessandria: storia di un paradiso perduto. Ricerche di filologia, letteratura e storia 10. Roma: Edizioni Tored, 2010. The study on the Library...
- Book Review: Riot In Alexandria
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Peter Van Nuffelen) Edward J. Watts, Riot in Alexandria: Tradition and Group Dynamics in Late Antique Pagan and Christian Communities. The Transformation of the Classical Heritage 46. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London:...
- Glorious Past And Future For Alexandria
Egypt Then and Now (Ben Morales-Correa) Ben has updated his blog with a story being carried by CNN Traveller. Here's a sample. Modern Alexandria sits on top of two great civilizations. A battle to reclaim its past and to build according to Alexandria’s...
- Alexandria Groomed For International Tourism
The Egyptian Gazette (Salah Attia) N.B. the story on this URL will expire in the next few days. It is always difficult to shed light on the admirable tourist products and landmarks in Alexandria, which is the highlight of the hybrid of cultures, different...
- War Memorial Obelisks Tell An Old Roman Story
Times Online (Philip Howard) Rome conquered Alexandria in 30BC. It was the only time that a single power dominated the entire Mediterranean basin. In one sense this was just another Roman conquest. But Alexandria is a special place: the cosmopolis for...