Egypt
Cambridge University Press
Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism by Ian S. Moyer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Book Review: The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under The Ptolemies, 305-30 Bc
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Timothy Howe) J. G. Manning, The Last Pharaohs: Egypt under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC. Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010. In The last pharaohs, J. G. Manning attempts to bring Ptolemaic Egypt,...
- In The Footsteps Of The Bronze Men
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The first mention in history of Caria and its inhabitants was in the cuneiform texts of the Old Assyrian and Hittite Empires, who called the area Karkissa. History forgot about it for almost four centuries until the second...
- Book Review: The Way Of Herodotus
International Herald Tribune (Tobin Harshaw) The Way of Herodotus. Travels With the Man Who Invented History. By Justin Marozzi. 348 pages. Da Capo Press. Sometimes the trip that starts out on the wrong foot can prove to be the most rewarding. You know,...
- Justin Marozzi's Classical Grand Tour
The Independent (Justin Marozzi) So, you thought the Grand Tour was an 18th-century phenomenon? The preserve of languid young aristocrats milording it through Europe, swanning across Paris and Geneva, cutting a dash in Turin, Florence, Rome and Venice,...
- More Re New Journal - Journal Of Egyptian History
BRILL As of 2008 Brill will publish the Journal of Egyptian History. For more information please contact [email protected]. The Journal of Egyptian History aims to encourage and stimulate a focused debate on writing and interpreting Egyptian history...
Egypt
New Book: Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism
Cambridge University Press
Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism by Ian S. Moyer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
In a series of studies, Ian Moyer explores the ancient history and modern historiography of relations between Egypt and Greece from the fifth century BCE to the early Roman empire. Beginning with Herodotus, he analyzes key encounters between Greeks and Egyptian priests, the bearers of Egypt's ancient traditions. Four moments unfold as rich micro-histories of cross-cultural interaction: Herodotus' interviews with priests at Thebes; Manetho's composition of an Egyptian history in Greek; the struggles of Egyptian priests on Delos; and a Greek physician's quest for magic in Egypt. In writing these histories, the author moves beyond Orientalizing representations of the Other and colonial metanarratives of the civilizing process to reveal interactions between Greeks and Egyptians as transactional processes in which the traditions, discourses and pragmatic interests of both sides shaped the outcome. The result is a dialogical history of cultural and intellectual exchanges between the great civilizations of Greece and Egypt.
- Book Review: The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under The Ptolemies, 305-30 Bc
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Timothy Howe) J. G. Manning, The Last Pharaohs: Egypt under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC. Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010. In The last pharaohs, J. G. Manning attempts to bring Ptolemaic Egypt,...
- In The Footsteps Of The Bronze Men
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The first mention in history of Caria and its inhabitants was in the cuneiform texts of the Old Assyrian and Hittite Empires, who called the area Karkissa. History forgot about it for almost four centuries until the second...
- Book Review: The Way Of Herodotus
International Herald Tribune (Tobin Harshaw) The Way of Herodotus. Travels With the Man Who Invented History. By Justin Marozzi. 348 pages. Da Capo Press. Sometimes the trip that starts out on the wrong foot can prove to be the most rewarding. You know,...
- Justin Marozzi's Classical Grand Tour
The Independent (Justin Marozzi) So, you thought the Grand Tour was an 18th-century phenomenon? The preserve of languid young aristocrats milording it through Europe, swanning across Paris and Geneva, cutting a dash in Turin, Florence, Rome and Venice,...
- More Re New Journal - Journal Of Egyptian History
BRILL As of 2008 Brill will publish the Journal of Egyptian History. For more information please contact [email protected]. The Journal of Egyptian History aims to encourage and stimulate a focused debate on writing and interpreting Egyptian history...