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Monumental Tombs of Ancient Alexandria

Author : Marjorie Susan Venit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521806596
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Monumental Tombs of Ancient Alexandria written by Marjorie Susan Venit and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the life of the ancient city almost from 331 BCE through its transformation into a Christian metropolis, Alexandria's monumental tombs provide the single richest source of information about the ancient city. They attest to the diversity and the cohesion of the community, its population's wealth and love of luxury, sense of theatricality and pomp, and cosmopolitan attitude. Alexandria's monumental tombs confirm the changing ethos of the city's populace, as the tombs provide the stage on which the city's continuity and shifting concerns are played out.

Visualizing the Afterlife in the Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt

Author : Marjorie Susan Venit
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107048087
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Visualizing the Afterlife in the Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt by : Marjorie Susan Venit

Download or read book Visualizing the Afterlife in the Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt written by Marjorie Susan Venit and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the visual narratives of a group of decorated tombs from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt (c.300 BCE-250 CE). The author contextualizes the tombs within their social, political, and religious context and considers how the multicultural population of Graeco-Roman Egypt chose to negotiate death and the afterlife.

The Tomb of Alexander, a Dissertation on the Sarcophagus Brought from Alexandria and Now in the British Museum

Author : Edward Daniel Clarke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Tomb of Alexander, a Dissertation on the Sarcophagus Brought from Alexandria and Now in the British Museum written by Edward Daniel Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Scribes from Alexandria

Author : Caroline Lawrence
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1842557327
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book The Scribes from Alexandria written by Caroline Lawrence and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A desperate quest begins in the port of Alexandria: site of the great lighthouse, the famous Library, and the tomb of Alexander the Great. Codes, riddles, anagrams and hieroglyphics lead the young detectives down the river Nile to pyramids and sphinxes, temples and tombs, crocodiles and hippos. But what lies at the end of the journey? Treasure? Or death?

Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt

Author : Chris Naunton
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500774528
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt written by Chris Naunton and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting archeological exploration of ancient Egypt that examines the potential for discovering the remaining “lost” tombs of the pharaohs. Tombs, mummies, and funerary items make up a significant portion of the archeological remains that survive ancient Egypt and have come to define the popular perception of Egyptology. Despite the many sensational discoveries in the last century, such as the tomb of Tutankhamun, the tombs of some of the most famous individuals in the ancient world—Imhotep, Nefertiti, Alexander the Great, and Cleopatra—have not yet been found. Archeologist Chris Naunton examines the famous pharaohs, their achievements, the bling they might have been buried with, the circumstances in which they were buried, and why those circumstances may have prevented archeologists from finding these tombs. In Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt, Naunton sheds light on the lives of these ancient Egyptians and makes an exciting case for the potential discovery of these lost tombs.

The Tombs of Alexandria

Author : Michael Taylor
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1430313161
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Tombs of Alexandria written by Michael Taylor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the year A.D. 176; two boys leave their home town of Karanis far up the Nile and sail downriver to Alexandria on the coast. Renny has hopes of becoming a sailor and Lampon the Mouse Catcher is on a mission to persuade his father to return home from the temple of Serapis. Renny has no money for travel until he discovers a precious gem in a cave and sells it to Theodotus the Thief Catcher. Renny and Lampon sail to Alexandria, but soon after their arrival in the city they come to suspect that Theodotus has been murdered by the runaway slave Hermon. The reward for Hermon's capture gives Lampon another motive for catching him, though Renny is not so sure that this is any of their business. They chase Hermon into the underground cisterns and hunt him through the dark chambers of the tombs. The pursuers become the pursued, and Renny and Lampon are captured and thrown into prison. Finally they all confront one another at the top of the Pharos, the famous lighthouse in the harbor of Alexandria.

The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great

Author : Andrew Michael Chugg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great written by Andrew Michael Chugg and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New research reveals hitherto unrecognised evidence and provides a fresh insight into the disappearance of The Tomb of Alexander the Great. The disappearance and fate of the tomb of Alexander the Great in Alexandria is among the most momentous and tantalising of all the mysteries we have inherited from the ancient world. Generations of archaeologists and historians have sucumbed to the allure of the quest; yet have failed to find convincing answers. Now with the dawning of the 21st century new research is revealing hitherto unrecognised evidence and providing fresh insights, creating a frisson of renewed excitement in academic circles. This new title combines a detailed chronological account of the history of the tomb with the first publication of new discoveries. Finally, an intriguing new possibility is explored regarding the whereabouts of Alexander's mummified remains.

Alexandria

Author : Benjamin Schliesser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783161598920
Total Pages : 671 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (989 download)

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Download or read book Alexandria written by Benjamin Schliesser and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexandria was one of the main hubs of the Hellenistic world and a cultural and religious "kaleidoscope." Merchants and migrants, scientists and scholars, philosophers, and religious innovators from all over the world and from all social backgrounds came to this ancient metropolis and exchanged their goods, views, and dreams. Accordingly, Alexandria became a place where Hellenistic, Egyptian, Jewish, and early Christian identities all emerged, coexisted, influenced, and rivaled each other. In order to meet the diversity of Alexandria's urban life and to do justice to the variety of literary and non-literary documents that bear witness to this, the volume examines the processes of identity formation from a range of different academic perspectives. Thus, the present volume gathers together twenty-six contributions from the realm of archaeology, ancient history, classical philology, religious studies, philosophy, the Old Testament, narratology, Jewish studies, papyrology, and the New Testament.

Alexandria

Author : E. M. Forster
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Alexandria written by E. M. Forster and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-11 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alexandria" by E. M. Forster. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, C. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700

Author : Judith McKenzie
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300115550
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (155 download)

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Book Synopsis The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, C. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 by : Judith McKenzie

Download or read book The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, C. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 written by Judith McKenzie and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This masterful history of the monumental architecture of Alexandria, as well as of the rest of Egypt, encompasses an entire millennium—from the city’s founding by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. to the years just after the Islamic conquest of A.D. 642. Long considered lost beyond recall, the architecture of ancient Alexandria has until now remained mysterious. But here Judith McKenzie shows that it is indeed possible to reconstruct the city and many of its buildings by means of meticulous exploration of archaeological remains, written sources, and an array of other fragmentary evidence. The book approaches its subject at the macro- and the micro-level: from city-planning, building types, and designs to architectural style. It addresses the interaction between the imported Greek and native Egyptian traditions; the relations between the architecture of Alexandria and the other cities and towns of Egypt as well as the wider Mediterranean world; and Alexandria’s previously unrecognized role as a major source of architectural innovation and artistic influence. Lavishly illustrated with new plans of the city in the Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine periods; reconstruction drawings; and photographs, the book brings to life the ancient city and uncovers the true extent of its architectural legacy in the Mediterranean world.

Egyptian Mythology: A Traveler's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria

Author : Garry J. Shaw
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 050077692X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Egyptian Mythology: A Traveler's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria by : Garry J. Shaw

Download or read book Egyptian Mythology: A Traveler's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria written by Garry J. Shaw and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique approach to Egyptian mythology takes readers on a tour up the Nile, stopping at the most famous monuments and vividly retelling the myths connected to each site. Join Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on an entertaining tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology: the stories of Horus, Isis, Osiris, and their enemies and allies in tales of vengeance, tragedy, and fantastic metamorphoses. Shaw retells these stories with his characteristic wit, and reconnects them to the temples and monuments that still stand today, offering a fresh look at the most visited sites of Egypt. The myths of ancient Egypt have survived in fragments of ancient hymns and paintings on the walls of tombs and temples, spells inked across coffins, and stories scrawled upon scrolls. Illustrations throughout bring to life the creation of the world and the nebulous netherworld; the complicated relationships between fickle gods, powerful magicians, and pharaohs; and eternal battles on a cosmic scale. Shaw’s evocative descriptions of the ancient ruins will transport readers to another landscape—including the magnificent sites of Dendera, Tell el-Amarna, Edfu, and Thebes. At each site, they will discover which gods or goddesses were worshipped there, as well as the myths and stories that formed the backdrop to the rituals and customs of everyday life. Each chapter ends with a potted history of the site, as well as tips for visiting the ruins today. Egyptian Mythology is the perfect companion to the myths of Egypt and the gods and goddesses that shaped its ancient landscape.

The Quest for the Tomb of Alexander the Great (Second Edition)

Author : Andrew Chugg
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0955679060
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for the Tomb of Alexander the Great (Second Edition) written by Andrew Chugg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2004 the author's first book "The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great" was published to the accompaniment of international media attention, since it reported the first credible suggestion as to the current whereabouts of the long-vanished corpse of the illustrious conqueror. In the intervening years, progress by testing the candidate remains has been thwarted by the Church authorities, yet much new information has emerged, casting the enigma in an ever more probing light. In this extensively updated and extended account, the meanderings of the evidence have been tracked with scrupulous care and the tangled threads of erstwhile hidden history have been teased apart. Thus the forgotten secrets of one of the greatest mysteries bequeathed to us by the ancient world are laid bare, culminating in the novel suggestion that the body stolen from Alexandria in AD828 and now in Venice may have acquired a false identity at the time that paganism was outlawed by the Emperor of Rome in the 4th century AD.

The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt

Author : Christina Riggs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019927665X
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt written by Christina Riggs and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new study looks at coffins, masks, shrouds, and tombs from the Roman Period in Egypt, when naturalistic Greek art forms, like portraits, were combined with traditional Egyptian art. The book presents more than 150 objects and tombs, many for the first time, and reveals how they created a 'beautiful burial' to glorify the dead in the changing cultural landscape of Roman Egypt.

The Alexander Cipher

Author : Will Adams
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 044654437X
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book The Alexander Cipher written by Will Adams and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Workers in Alexandria are excavating for a new building when they discover the ruins of an old tomb, and all work crashes to a halt. According to federal law in Egypt, all discoveries must be properly catalogued by archeologists and this tomb has unusual relics and representations, apparently contemporary with Alexander the Great. Daniel Knox's first love is history and archeology, specifically on Alexander the Great. When he pisses off a local mobster on the coast of Egypt, he heads to Alexandria to an archaeology colleague's apartment to hide out for a while. He learns his friend is getting to participate on the dig for this newly discovered tomb. Sneaking in with his friend, Daniel sees signs that the find is far bigger than anyone realizes and might hold clues to finally unravelling one of the world's greatest mysteries: Where is Alexander the Great buried? In his lifetime, Alexander was beloved as a god, and across the Mediterranean, everyone wanted to be close to him. Upon his death, there was a mad scrabbling among his former allies to secure his empire for themselves. Even now, nearly 2500 years later, Alexander is still being fought over. With the discovery of this tomb and the revelation of its relics, the race is on to find Alexander. Rival archeologists, Egyptian officials, and Macedonian nationalists all scurry and scramble, attacking each other along the way as they hunt for a glorious prize--the body of Alexander the Great.

Antony & Cleopatra

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Antony & Cleopatra written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Alexandria and Alexandrianism

Author : J. Paul Getty Museum
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892362928
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book Alexandria and Alexandrianism written by J. Paul Getty Museum and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1996-09-26 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great seats of learning and repositories of knowledge in the ancient world, Alexandria, and the great school of thought to which it gave its name, made a vital contribution to the development of intellectual and cultural heritage in the Occidental world. This book brings together twenty papers delivered at a symposium held at the J. Paul Getty Museum on the subject of Alexandria and Alexandrianism. Subjects range from “The Library of Alexandria and Ancient Egyptian Learning” and “Alexander’s Alexandria” to “Alexandria and the Origins of Baroque Architecture.” With nearly two hundred illustrations, this handsome volume presents some of the world’s leading scholars on the continuing influence and fascination of this great city. The distinguished contributors include Peter Green, R. R. R. Smith, and the late Bernard Bothmer.

Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome

Author : Dorian Borbonus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107031400
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome written by Dorian Borbonus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the architecture of columbarium tombs and explains their unique design with the particular social experience of their non-elite occupants.