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- 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...
- 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...
- Greek Temple Discovered In Alexandria
Egypt State Information Service A team of archaeologists have unearthed a Greek temple in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria, showing that the Greeks worshipped Pharaonic deities more than 2,500 years ago. An official of the expedition said that...
- Exhibition: In The Phoenicians' Tracks
Al Ahram Weekly (David Tresilian) Widely advertised and long awaited, La Méditerranée des Phénicians, an exhibition that opened at the Institut du monde arabe in Paris on 6 October, affords a rare glimpse of ancient Phoenician civilisation, which dominated...
- More Re Lead Dating Of Alexandria
http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2006/4/26/3761"Hidden behind the tranquil front of archeology, Greek history and Egyptian history there has been a hidden battle going between two groups of people. There are those who take the Greek version...
Egypt
Warring Greeks Find Peace in Ancient Egypt
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Naukrtis, a Greek trade emporium on Egyptian soil, has long captured the imagination of archaeologists and historians. Not only is the presence of a Greek trading settlement in Egypt during the 7th and 6th century B.C.E. surprising, but the Greeks that lived there in harmony hailed from several Greek states which traditionally warred amongst themselves.
Dr. Alexander Fantalkin of Tel Aviv University's Department of Archaeology is delving deeper into this unique piece of ancient history to come up with a new explanation for how Naukrtis developed, and how its inhabitants managed to operate on foreign soil and create a new sense of common identity.
The Greeks that inhabited Naukrtis, explains Dr. Fantalkin, may have come from warring city states at home, but they formed a trade settlement in Egypt under the protection of powerful Eastern empires.
- 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...
- 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...
- Greek Temple Discovered In Alexandria
Egypt State Information Service A team of archaeologists have unearthed a Greek temple in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria, showing that the Greeks worshipped Pharaonic deities more than 2,500 years ago. An official of the expedition said that...
- Exhibition: In The Phoenicians' Tracks
Al Ahram Weekly (David Tresilian) Widely advertised and long awaited, La Méditerranée des Phénicians, an exhibition that opened at the Institut du monde arabe in Paris on 6 October, affords a rare glimpse of ancient Phoenician civilisation, which dominated...
- More Re Lead Dating Of Alexandria
http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2006/4/26/3761"Hidden behind the tranquil front of archeology, Greek history and Egyptian history there has been a hidden battle going between two groups of people. There are those who take the Greek version...