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1 online resource (372 pages) |
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Intro; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Main contributors; 1 General introduction; 1.1 Historical background; 1.2 Economy and society; 1.3 Languages and scripts; 1.4 Religion; 1.5 Literature; 1.6 Architecture and art; 1.7 Tourism in antiquity; 2 Alexandria, the Delta and northern Sinai; 2.1 History of the site; 2.2 The visible sights; 2.3 Alexandriaâ#x80;#x99;s museums; 2.4 The necropoleis; 2.5 Environs of Alexandria; 2.6 The Delta; 2.7 Pelousion and northern Sinai; 3 The Memphite region; 3.1 Old Cairo; 3.2 Cairo, the Egyptian Museum; 3.3 Giza |
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3.4 Memphis and Saqqara4 Christian monasticism and pilgrimage in northern Egypt; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Nitria, Kellia and the monasteries of the Wadi Natrun; 4.3 Abu Mina and Menouthis; 4.4 The Red Sea monasteries; 4.5 The Sinai Peninsula; 5 The Fayyum; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Karanis and the north-east; 5.3 Dionysias and the north-west; 5.4 Narmouthis, Tebtunis and the south-west; 5.5 From Lahun to the centre of the Fayyum; 6 Middle Egypt; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Herakleopolis, Oxyrhynchos and environs; 6.3 Hermopolis, Antinoopolis and cemeteries; 6.4 Panopolis, Ptolemais and environs |
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6.5 Monasteries of Middle Egypt7 The Theban region; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The East Bank; 7.3 The West Bank; 7.4 Pathyris (Gebelein); 7.5 Hermonthis (Armant); 8 Upper Egypt; 8.1 Abydos; 8.2 Dendera (Tentyra); 8.3 Koptos (Qift); 8.4 Shenhur; 8.5 Esna (Latopolis); 8.6 Elkab (Eileithyiaspolis); 8.7 Edfu (Apollonopolis Magna); 8.8 Kom Ombo (Omboi); 8.9 Elephantine (Aswan); 8.10 Philae; 8.11 Kalabsha (Talmis); 8.12 Dendur (Tuzis); 9 The western oases; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Kharga; 9.3 Dakhla; 9.4 Bahariya; 9.5 Siwa; 10 The Eastern Desert; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Desert roads and stations |
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10.3 Quarries10.4 Ports; Chronological outline; Bibliography; Illustration acknowledgements; Colour plates |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Egypt.
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Antiquities.
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- History -- Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041289
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Egypt -- Antiquities -- Guidebooks
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| Subject |
Egypt.
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bagnall, Roger S
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Rathbone, Dominic W
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| ISBN |
9781617975844 |
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1617975842 |
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9781617978357 |
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1617978353 |
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