Description: Further DetailsTitle: Memphis Under the PtolemiesCondition: NewEAN: 9780691140339ISBN: 9780691140339Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/26/2012Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 539gAuthor: Dorothy J. ThompsonLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Second EditionISBN-10: 0691140332Description: 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. The relationship of the native population with the Greek-speaking immigrants is illustrated in Thompson's analysis of the position of Memphite priests within the Ptolemaic state. Egyptians continued to control mummification and the cult of the dead; the undertakers of the Memphite necropolis were barely touched by things Greek. The cult of the living Apis bull also remained primarily Egyptian; yet on death the bull, deified as Osorapis, became Sarapis for the Greeks. Within this god's sacred enclosure, the Sarapieion, is found a strange amalgam of Greek and Egyptian cultures.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: HistoryEdition: Second EditionRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Memphis Under the Ptolemies
Title: Memphis Under the Ptolemies
EAN: 9780691140339
ISBN: 9780691140339
Release Date: 02/26/2012
Release Year: 2012
Subtitle: Second Edition
ISBN-10: 0691140332
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Edition: Second Edition
Number of Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Memphis under the Ptolemies : Second Edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Archaeology, Ancient / Greece, Ancient / Egypt, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year: 2012
Features: Revised
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19 Oz
Author: Dorothy J. Thompson
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
