Memphis under the Ptolemies /

Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, the author examines the economic life and multicultural society of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis in the era between Alexander and Augustus. Now thoroughly revised and updated, this masterful account...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thompson, Dorothy J., 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Ptolemaic dynasty, > 305-30 B.C.
Ptolémées (Dynastie)
Lagides (dynastie)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Civilization
Époque ptolemaïque (Egypte antique ; 332 av. J.-C.-30 av. J.-C.)
Memphis (Extinct city) > Civilization.
Memphis (Ville ancienne) > Civilisation.
Egypt > Memphis (Extinct city)
Memphis.
Égypte > Histoire > 332-30 av. J.-C.
Memphis (ville ancienne) > Civilisation.
Memphis (Egypte)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The second city
  • Economic life in Memphis
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Ptolemies and temples
  • The undertakers
  • Apis and other cults
  • Between two worlds: the Sarapieion
  • Roman Memphis: an epilogue.

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