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The Fayoum

Author : R. Neil Hewison
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789774162060
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Fayoum written by R. Neil Hewison and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. The Fayoum, a large and exceptionally fertile depression in Egyptâ€™s Western Desert, some 90 kilometers southwest of Cairo, is a region both rich in history and outstanding in natural beauty. Its historical legacy includes temples, pyramids, and towns from the Middle Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Period, as well as churches, monasteries, and mosques from later times. Its farmland, watered by the regionâ€™s landmark waterwheels, is among the most generous in Egypt, and its landscape is varied and beautiful. The large and ancient lake Qarun nestles in the north between the soft green land and the harsh but dramatic desert scarp, while two new lakes, connected by Egyptâ€™s only waterfalls, have been created in the once barren Wadi al-Rayyan to the west, bringing fishermen, farmers, and visitors to the desert. The Fayoumâ€™s wildlife unfortunately no longer includes the crocodile, which was sacred here in ancient times, but boasts swamp cats and mongooses, spoonbills and flamingos. Neil Hewison here outlines the history (and prehistory) of the Fayoum and its lakes, describes the agriculture and rural life of the region, then guides the visitor around the province site by site, never averse to taking an interesting detour along the way. Originally published in 1984, this guide to one of Egyptâ€™s most distinctive and beautiful regions quickly became regarded as a classic. The text has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new edition, including a new section on the recently declared UNESCO World Heritage Site of Wadi al-Hitan, the Valley of the Whales. The book is illustrated with color photographs and two maps.

Herodotus' Autopsy of the Fayoum

Author : O K Armayor
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004663371
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Herodotus' Autopsy of the Fayoum written by O K Armayor and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1985 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Strabo and Diodorus to Petrie and the pre-sent we have tried to build Herodotus' vast, mysterious, funerary Egyptian Labyrinth and great, man-made Lake Moeris with all manner of pyramids into the Middle-Kingdom ruins of the Fayoum basin, all on the hopeful assumption that Herodotus must have gone to the fifth-century Fayoum merely because he said so. This book constitutes a fundamental re-assessment of the problem and the implications.

Excavations at the Seila Pyramid and Fag el-Gamous Cemetery

Author : Kerry Muhlestein
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004416382
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Excavations at the Seila Pyramid and Fag el-Gamous Cemetery written by Kerry Muhlestein and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Excavations at the Seila Pyramid and Fag el-Gamous Cemetery, the excavation team provides crucial information about the Old Kingdom and Graeco-Roman Egypt. While both periods have been heavily studied, Kerry Muhlestein and his contributors provide new archaeological information that will help shape thinking about these eras. The construction and ritual features of the early Fourth Dynasty Seila Pyramid represents innovations that would influence royal funerary cult for hundreds of years. Similarly, as one of the largest excavated cemeteries of Egypt, Fag el-Gamous helps paint a picture of multi-cultural life in the Fayoum of Egypt during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Excavations there provide a statistically impactful understanding of funerary customs under the influence of new cultures and religion.

The Peasants of the Fayyum

Author : Yossef Rapoport
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782503542775
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (427 download)

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Download or read book The Peasants of the Fayyum written by Yossef Rapoport and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval Islamic society was overwhelmingly a society of peasants, and the achievements of Islamic civilization depended, first and foremost, on agricultural production. Yet the history of the medieval Islamic countryside has been neglected or marginalized. Basic questions such as the social and religious identities of village communities, or the relationship of the peasant to the state, are either ignored or discussed from a normative point of view. This volume addresses this lacuna in our understanding of medieval Islam by presenting a first-hand account of the Egyptian countryside. Dating from the middle of the thirteenth century, Abu 'Uthman al-Nabulusi's Villages of the Fayyum is as close as we get to the tax registers of any rural province. Not unlike the Domesday Book of medieval England, al-Nabulusi's work provides a wealth of detail for each village which far surpasses any other source for the rural economy of medieval Islam. It is a unique, comprehensive snap-shot of one rural society at one, significant, point in its history, and an insight into the way of life of the majority of the population in the medieval Islamic world. Richly annotated and with a detailed introduction, this volume offers the first academic edition of this work and the first translation into a European language. By opening up this key source to scholars, it will be an indispensable resource for historians of Egypt, of administration and rural life in the premodern world generally, and of the Middle East in particular.

Maps

Author : James R. Akerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Maps written by James R. Akerman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing readers to a wide range of maps from different time periods and a variety of cultures, this book confirms the vital roles of maps throughout history in commerce, art, literature, and national identity.

Ancient Faces

Author : Susan Walker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415927451
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (274 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Faces written by Susan Walker and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, February-May 2000, the first major showing in North America of stunning painted mummy portraits that represent a confluence of ancient Egyptian and Roman cultures and the Graeco-Roman painting tradition. The catalog concentrates closely on the paintings, their artistry, and their social context and meaning. Seven contributed essays set the context. The 122 color and 23 bandw illustrations are fully discussed and described by editor Walker, who is affiliated with the British Museum. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Christianity and Monasticism in the Fayoum Oasis

Author : Martin Krause
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity and Monasticism in the Fayoum Oasis written by Martin Krause and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity began in the large and fertile Fayoum oasis of Egypt's Western Desert as early as the third century, and its presence has endured to the present day. This volume contains contributions on various aspects of Coptic civilization in Egypt's largest oasis over the past 1800 years.

The Desert Fayum

Author : Gertrude Caton-Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Desert Fayum written by Gertrude Caton-Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mysterious Fayum Portraits

Author : Euphrosyne Doxiadis
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500027943
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book The Mysterious Fayum Portraits written by Euphrosyne Doxiadis and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2024-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compact edition of this highly acclaimed survey of the Fayum paintings, the enigmatic and compelling funerary portraits created by the inhabitants of Roman Egypt in the first century CE.

The Eclectic Magazine

Author : John Holmes Agnew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 876 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book The Eclectic Magazine written by John Holmes Agnew and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 924 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Le lac Mœris et son emplacement

Author : Frederic Cope Whitehouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Le lac Mœris et son emplacement written by Frederic Cope Whitehouse and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Christian Epigraphy of Egypt and Nubia

Author : Jacques van der Vliet
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351133454
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book The Christian Epigraphy of Egypt and Nubia written by Jacques van der Vliet and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected Studies CS1070 The present book collects 31 articles that Jacques van der Vliet, a leading scholar in the field of Coptic Studies (Leiden University / Radboud University, Nijmegen), has published since 1999 on Christian inscriptions from Egypt and Nubia. These inscriptions are dated between the third/fourth and the fourteenth centuries, and are often written in Coptic and/or Greek, once in Latin, and sometimes (partly) in Arabic, Syriac or Old Nubian. They include inscriptions on tomb stones, walls of religious buildings, tools, vessels, furniture, amulets and even texts on luxury garments. Whereas earlier scholars in the field of Coptic Studies often focused on either Coptic or Greek, Van der Vliet argues that inscriptions in different languages that appear in the same space or on the same kind of objects should be examined together. In addition, he aims to combine the information from documentary texts, archaeological remains and inscriptions, in order to reconstruct the economic, social and religious life of monastic or civil communities. He practiced this methodology in his studies on the Fayum, Wadi al-Natrun, Sohag, Western Thebes and the region of Aswan and Northern Nubia, which are all included in this book.

The Eclectic Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eclectic Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography

Author : Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography written by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rough Guide to Egypt

Author : Dan Richardson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1405387734
Total Pages : 891 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to Egypt written by Dan Richardson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-08-02 with total page 891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Egypt is your essential travel guide to this ancient land. Fully revised and updated, the guide provides unparalleled coverage of everything from Egypt's tombs, temples and pyramids to diving in the Red Sea, desert safaris and cruising the Nile in style. With accurate maps, plans, colour spreads and beautiful colour photography throughout; you'll find informed practical advice on what to see and do in Egypt, plus honest reviews of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. Adventurous, informative and opinionated, The Rough Guide to Egypt puts the facts at your fingertips, introducing you to the country's best reefs and beaches, the latest discoveries from antiquity, the remotest oases, nightlife only locals know and much, much more. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Egypt