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Memphis under the Ptolemies / Dorothy J. Thompson.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection DT73.M5 T46 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Dorothy J., 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Memphis (Extinct city)--Civilization.
- Memphis (Extinct city).
- Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
- Ptolemaic dynasty.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson 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 is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient Egypt or the Hellenistic world. Book jacket.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691152172
- 0691152179
- 9780691140339
- 0691140332
- OCLC:
- 723529300
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