Egypt
Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt
The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World blog (Bill Caraher)
Read Quickly. The American Council of Learned Societies is making one of their humanities ebooks available to the public for one month only, after which it will only be available to subscribers. Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800. eds. Roger S. Bagnall, Raffaella Cribiore, with contributions by Evie Ahtaridis (Ann Arbor 2008, 2006). Lots of really cool stuff in it. The letters on ostraca are particular striking.
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Online: Amheida I: Ostraka From Trimithis, Volume 1
Ancient World Digital Library Thanks to the What's New in Papyrology blog for this link. AMHEIDA I: OSTRAKA FROM TRIMITHIS, VOLUME 1 Texts from the 2004–2007 Seasons by Roger S. Bagnall and Giovanni R. Ruffini with contributions by Raffaella Cribiore...
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New Book: Mons Claudianus. Ostraca Graeca Et Latina Iv
What's New in Papyrology Adam Bülow-Jacobsen, Mons Claudianus. Ostraca graeca et latina IV The international excavations at Mons Claudianus (1987-1993) in the Eastern Desert with the collaboration of the IFAO produced over 9000, mostly Greek, ostraca....
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Book Review: Daughters Of Gaia
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Christina A. Clark) Bella Vivante, Daughters of Gaia. Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Westport, CT: Praeger Press, 2007. Table of Contents In her preface to Daughters of Gaia, Vivante declares that...
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Studi Di Egittologia E Di Papirologia. Rivista Internazionale. 2,
Bryn Mawr Classical Review Mario Capasso (ed.), Studi di Egittologia e di Papirologia. Rivista internazionale. 2, 2005. Pisa/Roma: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, 2005. Reviewed by Carlos Sánchez-Moreno Ellart, Department of Roman...
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The Gay "english Patient"
Laszlo Almasy was an explorer known by the Bedouin as "Father of the sand" who explored two million square kilometers of the Saharan desert mapping and making a number of discoveries including stone age painted dugouts. Hollywood loosely based the movie...
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