Egypt
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- New Book: Alexandria And The Moon
Peeters Publishers Alexandria and the Moon. An Investigation into the Lunar Macedonian Calendar of Ptolemaic Egypt By C. Bennett Series: Studia Hellenistica, 52 Summary: This book is the first comprehensive study of the lunar Macedonian calendar in...
- Book Review: Traversing Eternity
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by T. G. Wilfong) Mark Smith, Traversing Eternity: Texts for the Afterlife from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Egyptian funerary texts of the Graeco-Roman period are less...
- New Book: The Last Pharaohs
Princeton University Press Thanks to Chloe Foster for letting me know about the publication of this book. The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC J. G. Manning The history of Ptolemaic Egypt has usually been doubly isolated--separated...
- New Book: The Last Pharaohs
What's New in Papyrology The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC J. G. Manning Introduction is available as a PDF The history of Ptolemaic Egypt has usually been doubly isolated--separated both from the history of other Hellenistic...
- Online Journal: Egypt And Nubia In The 5th-4th Millennia Bce
British Museum Egypt and Nubia in the 5th–4th millennia BCE: A view from the First Cataract and its surroundings Maria Carmela Gatto British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan 13 (2009): 125–45 Introduction Prehistoric sites were first found...
Egypt
New Book: Hellenizing Art in Ancient Nubia
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Hellenizing Art in Ancient Nubia 300 B.C. - AD 250 and its Egyptian Models. A Study in "Acculturation" by László Török
Presenting a large body of evidence for the first time, this book offers a comprehensive treatment of Nubian architecture, sculpture, and minor arts in the period between 300 BC-AD 250. It focuses primarily on the Nubian response to the traditional pharaonic, Hellenistic/Roman, Hellenizing, and “hybrid” elements of Ptolemaic and Roman Egyptian culture. The author begins with a history of Nubian art and a critical survey of the literature on Ptolemaic and Roman Egyptian art. Special chapters are then devoted to the discussion of the Egyptian-Greek interaction in the arts of Ptolemaic … read moreEgypt, the place of Egyptian Hellenistic and Hellenizing art within the oikumene, the pluralistic visual world of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, as well as on the specific genre of terracotta sculpture. Utilizing examples from Meroe City and Musawwarat es Sufra, the author argues that cultural transfer from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt to Nubia resulted in an inward-focused adaptation. Therefore, the resulting Nubian art from this period expresses only those aspects of Egyptian and Greek art that are compatible with indigenous Nubian goals.
- New Book: Alexandria And The Moon
Peeters Publishers Alexandria and the Moon. An Investigation into the Lunar Macedonian Calendar of Ptolemaic Egypt By C. Bennett Series: Studia Hellenistica, 52 Summary: This book is the first comprehensive study of the lunar Macedonian calendar in...
- Book Review: Traversing Eternity
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by T. G. Wilfong) Mark Smith, Traversing Eternity: Texts for the Afterlife from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Egyptian funerary texts of the Graeco-Roman period are less...
- New Book: The Last Pharaohs
Princeton University Press Thanks to Chloe Foster for letting me know about the publication of this book. The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC J. G. Manning The history of Ptolemaic Egypt has usually been doubly isolated--separated...
- New Book: The Last Pharaohs
What's New in Papyrology The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC J. G. Manning Introduction is available as a PDF The history of Ptolemaic Egypt has usually been doubly isolated--separated both from the history of other Hellenistic...
- Online Journal: Egypt And Nubia In The 5th-4th Millennia Bce
British Museum Egypt and Nubia in the 5th–4th millennia BCE: A view from the First Cataract and its surroundings Maria Carmela Gatto British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan 13 (2009): 125–45 Introduction Prehistoric sites were first found...