From the Fjords to the Nile : : essays in honour of Richard Holton Pierce on his 80th birthday / / edited by Pal Steiner, Alexandros Tsakos and Eivind Heldaas Seland.

• Superior document: Archaeopress archaeology
• TeilnehmendeR: Steiner, Pal,; Tsakos, Alexandros,; Seland, Eivind Heldaas,; Pierce, Richard Holton,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2018]; 2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English; French
• Series: Archaeopress archaeology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (127 pages) :; illustrations (some color), map.
• Other title: Nubians move from the margins to the center of their history /; Potsherds on the grave : On burial traditions in the Renk area, South Sudan /; Reconstructing a codex with the Coptic Encomia on Apa Victor /; Bridging Gaps : Archaeological sources and resources in museums /; "Egypt and the recalcitrant Pharaoh" : Origin and function of a biblical motif /; A "Sayings Gospel" attested at Nag Hammadi /; Chaotic mothers and creepy shadows : Metaphors of procreation and vision in On the origin of the world (NHC II, 5) /; Liquid images and the poetics of vision in ancient Greece /; Umm Gumyana and the Zar /; Trade and religion in the Central Sahara : The Ibadis and Kawar /; Fluidite et fixite dans les neotextes numeriques /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9781784917760; 1784917761; 9781784917777 (ebook)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Pal Steiner, Alexandros Tsakos and Eivind Heldaas Seland.

From the Fjords to the Nile brings together essays by students and colleagues of Richard Holton Pierce (b. 1935), presented on the occasion of his 80th birthday. It covers topics on the ancient world and the Near East. Pierce is Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Bergen. Starting out as an expert in Egyptian languages, and of law in Greco-Roman Egypt, his professional interest has spanned from ancient Nubia and Coptic Egypt, to digital humanities and game theory. His contributions as scholar, teacher, supervisor and informal advisor to Norwegian studies in Egyptology, classics, archaeology, history, religion, and linguistics through more than five decades can hardly be overstated.