Le voyage à Héliopolis : description des vestiges pharaoniques et des traditions associées depuis Hérodote jusqu'à l'Expédition d'Egypte./ Essam Salah el-Banna ; avec la collaboration de Stéphane Pasquali.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

El-Banna, Essam Salah, compiler.

Contributor:

Pasquali, Stéphane, 1981- writer of postface.

Series:

Recherches d'archéologie, de philologie et d'histoire ; t. 36.

RAPH, 1011-1883 ; 36

Language:

Arabic

Dutch

English

French

German

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Latin

Syriac, Modern

Subjects (All):

Heliopolis (Egypt : Extinct city).

Heliopolis (Egypt : Extinct city)--Description and travel.

Heliopolis (Egypt : Extinct city)--Antiquities--History.

Travelers' writings--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Travel.

Egypt.

Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Early works.

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 222 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, facsimiles ; 24 cm + 1 folded map.

Place of Publication:

Le Caire : Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 2014.

Language Note:

Collection of French texts and translations of texts about Heliopolis originally written in Greek, Latin, Syriac, Arabic, German, Dutch, and English; introduction in French

Summary:

"The city of Heliopolis in Egypt has always fascinated its visitors. Some recognized the residence of the famous magician-priests of the Phraraohs, those who gave their teachings to some great men of ancient Greece; others, the places of famous episodes of the Holy Scriptures; even others, some strange remains with miraculous virtues. This book gathers the descriptions of Heliopolis and its ruins by pilgrims, travelers, geographers and historians from different cultural backgrounds: Greeks, Romans, Muslims, Jewishs [sic], Christians of Orient and Occident. These testimonies, from the 5th century BC to the end of the 18th century AC, tell us about the appearance of the site and its monuments over the centuries, its history and above all, teh legends developed around this universal symbolic place"--Page [4] of cover.

Contents:

I. Témoignages des voyageurs de l'Antiquité classique

II. Témoignages des voyageurs, géographes et historiens arabes

III. Témoignages des pèlerins et voyageurs chrétiens et juifs

IV. Témoignages des membres de l'Expédition d'Égypte

Postface : De L'Héliopolis historique aux Héliopolis mythques or Les facettes de la mémoire d'un site de l'Égypte pharaonique / Stéphane Pasquali.

Notes:

On front cover: "Culture et savoirs"

Includes one folded loose-leaf map (24 cm x 16 cm) of the site of Heliopolis in present day Matariya, Egypt.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-212) and index.

Local Notes:

Includes map in back pocket.

ISBN:

9782724706543

2724706544

OCLC:

881214516