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1 online resource (xvii, 268 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Lost in Egypt's honeycombed hills, distanced by its western desert, or rendered inaccessible by subsequent urban occupation, the monumental decorated tombs of the Graeco-Roman period have received little scholarly attention. By the early first decade of the twenty-first century none had been subjected to critical analysis or interpretation, and most had largely been ignored. This volume serves to redress this deficiency. It explores the narrative pictorial programs of a group of decorated tombs from Ptolemaic and Roman-period Egypt (ca. 300 BCE - 250 CE). Its aim is to recognize the tombs' commonalities and differences across ethnic divides and to determine the rationale that lies behind these connections and dissonances, as it sets the tomb programs within their social, political, and religious context and analyzes the manner in which the multicultural population of Graeco-Roman Egypt chose to negotiate death and the afterlife"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and index. |
| Contents |
Death, bilingualism, and biography in the 'eventide' of Egypt : the tomb of Petosiris and its afterlife -- Egypt as metaphor : visual bilingualism in the monumental tombs of ancient Alexandria -- Greek myth as metaphor in the Chora of Egypt -- Tradition and innovation in the tombs of Egyptian Chora -- Bricolage and Greek-collage in the tombs of the Egyptian Chora -- Intersection and interconnection in the visualization of the afterlife in the tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Egypt -- Antiquities.
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Egypt. |
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Antiquities. |
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Tombs -- Egypt.
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Tombs. |
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Egypt -- History -- Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.
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Death -- Social aspects -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
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Death -- Social aspects. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Decoration and ornament -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
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Decoration and ornament. |
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Narrative art -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
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Narrative art. |
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Cultural pluralism -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
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Cultural pluralism. |
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Egypt -- Ethnic relations -- History -- To 1500.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Egypt -- Religious life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic book.
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| Added Title |
Visualizing the after-life in the tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Venit, Marjorie Susan. Visualizing the afterlife in the tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt 9781107048089 (DLC) 2015021259 (OCoLC)915135784 |
| ISBN |
9781316466384 (electronic book) |
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1316466388 (electronic book) |
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9781107256576 (electronic book) |
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1107256577 (electronic book) |
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9781316465608 |
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1316465608 |
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9781107048089 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1107048087 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781107626669 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1107626668 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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