Karanis
Author | : University of Michigan. Gallery of Art and Archaeology |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Kawm Awshīm (Egypt) |
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Author | : University of Michigan. Gallery of Art and Archaeology |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Kawm Awshīm (Egypt) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Elaine K. Gazda |
Publisher | : Kelsey Museum Publications |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Karanis, a town in Egypt's Fayum region founded around 250 BC, housed a farming community with a diverse population and a complex material culture that lasted for hundreds of years. Ultimately abandoned and partly covered by the encroaching desert, Karanis eventually proved to be an extraordinarily rich archaeological site, yielding tens of thousands of artifacts and texts on papyrus that provide a wealth of information about daily life in the Roman-period Egyptian town. This volume tells of the history and culture of Karanis, and also provides a useful introduction to the University of Michigan's excavations between 1924 and 1935 and to the artifacts, archival records and photographs of the excavation that now form one of the major components of the collection of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
Author | : Elaine K. Gazda |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Terry G. Wilfong |
Publisher | : Kelsey Museum Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Excavations (Archaeology) |
ISBN | : 9780974187396 |
The 1924-1935 University of Michigan excavations at the Graeco-Roman period Egyptian village of Karanis yielded thousands of artifacts and extensive archival records of their context. The Karanis material in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Library Papyrology Collection forms a unique body of information for understanding life in an agricultural village in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. In 2011 and 2012, the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology presented the exhibition Karanis Revealed in two parts, using artifacts from the excavations and archival material to explore aspects of the site and its excavation in the 1920s and 1930s. As preparation for the exhibition progressed, it became clear that part of the story of the Michigan Karanis expedition lay in the current and ongoing research on the material it yielded by curators, faculty, staff, and students from the University of Michigan. Such projects include new work on known artifacts and papyri, the discovery or rediscovery of important unpublished artifacts and archival sources, new field research at Karanis, and even sonic investigations of the site and its history.0The present volume summarizes the recent exhibition and presents some of the new research that helped inspire it.
Author | : Richard Alston |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 675 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134560524 |
For those wishing to study the Roman city in Egypt, the archaeological record is poorer than that of many other provinces. Yet the large number of surviving texts allows us to reconstruct the social lives of Egyptians to an extent undreamt of elsewhere. We are not, therefore, limited to a history of the public faces of cities, their inscriptions, and the writings of their elites, but can begin to understand what the transformations of the city meant for ordinary people, and to uncover the forces that shaped the everyday lives of city dwellers. After Egypt became part of the Roman Empire in 30 BC, Classical and then Christian influences both made their mark on the urban environment. This book examines the impact of these new cultures at every level of Egyptian society. The result is a new and fascinating insight into the creation of a specific urban society in the Roman Empire, as well as a case study for the model of urban development in antiquity.
Author | : Richard Alston |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134664753 |
The province of Egypt provides unique archaeological and documentary evidence for the study of the Roman army. In this fascinating social history Richard Alston examines the economic, cultural, social and legal aspects of a military career, illuminating the life and role of the individual soldier in the army. Soldier and Society in Roman Eygpt provides a complete reassessment of the impact of the Roman army on local societies, and convincingly challenges the orthodox picture. The soldiers are seen not as an isolated elite living in fear of the local populations, but as relatively well-integrated into local communities. The unsuspected scale of the army's involvement in these communities offers a new insight into both Roman rule in Egypt and Roman imperialism more generally.
Author | : John M. Weeks |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2014-11-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1442237406 |
A Research Guide to the Ancient World: Print and Electronic Sources is a partially annotated bibliography that covers the study of the ancient world, and closes the traditional subject gap between the humanities and the social sciences in this area of study. This book is the only bibliographic resource available for such holistic coverage.
Author | : Steven Snape |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2014-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 050077241X |
From early towns to booming metropolises, The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt explores every facet of urban life in ancient Egypt with a leading authority in the field as a guide Ancient Egyptian cities and towns have until recently been one of the least-studied and least-published aspects of this great ancient civilization. Now, new research and excavation are transforming our knowledge. This is the first book to bring these latest discoveries to a wide audience and to provide a comprehensive overview of what we know about ancient settlement during the dynastic period. The cities range in date from early urban centers to large metropolises. From houses to palaces to temples, the different parts of Egyptian cities and towns are examined in detail, giving a clear picture of the urban world. The inhabitants, from servants to Pharaoh, are vividly brought to life, placed in the context of the civil administration that organized every detail of their lives. Famous cities with extraordinary buildings and fascinating histories are also examined here through detailed individual treatments, including: Memphis, home of the pyramid–building kings of the Old Kingdom; Thebes, containing the greatest concentration of monumental buildings from the ancient world; and Amarna, intimately associated with the pharaoh Akhenaten. An analysis of information from modern excavations and ancient texts recreates vibrant ancient communities, providing range and depth beyond any other publication on the subject.
Author | : Richard Alston |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134560532 |
After Egypt became part of the Roman Empire in 30 BC, Classical and then Christian influences both made their mark on the urban environment. This book examines the impact of these new cultures at every level of Egyptian society.
Author | : Christina Riggs |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 814 |
Release | : 2012-06-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199571457 |
This handbook, arranged in seven thematic sections, is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both the state of knowledge in the field and the possibilities for collaborative, synthetic, and interpretive research.