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.

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...

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Superior document:Archaeopress archaeology
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Place / Publishing House:Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2018]
2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
French
Series:Archaeopress archaeology.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (127 pages) :; illustrations (some color), map.
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Table of Contents:
  • Nubians move from the margins to the center of their history / Laszlo Torok
  • Potsherds on the grave : On burial traditions in the Renk area, South Sudan / Else Johansen Kleppe
  • Reconstructing a codex with the Coptic Encomia on Apa Victor / Alexandros Tsakos
  • Bridging Gaps : Archaeological sources and resources in museums / Saphinaz-Amal Naguib
  • "Egypt and the recalcitrant Pharaoh" : Origin and function of a biblical motif / Kare Berge
  • A "Sayings Gospel" attested at Nag Hammadi / Einar Thomassen
  • Chaotic mothers and creepy shadows : Metaphors of procreation and vision in On the origin of the world (NHC II, 5) / Ingvild Saelid Gilhus
  • Liquid images and the poetics of vision in ancient Greece / Jrgen Bakke
  • Umm Gumyana and the Zar / Richard Johan Natvig
  • Trade and religion in the Central Sahara : The Ibadis and Kawar / Knut Vikr
  • Fluidite et fixite dans les neotextes numeriques / Daniel Apollon.