Memphis Under the Ptolemies : : Second Edition /

Memphis Under the Ptolemies : : Second Edition / / Dorothy J. Thompson.

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 ac...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Thompson, Dorothy J.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©2012
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 8 halftones. 6 line illus. 5 tables. 4 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations and Tables
  • Prefaces
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on Transliteration
  • Chapter 1. The Second City
  • Chapter 2. Economic Life in Memphis
  • Chapter 3. Ethnic Minorities
  • Chapter 4. Ptolemies and Temples
  • Chapter 5. The Undertakers
  • Chapter 6. Apis and Other Cults
  • Chapter 7. Between Two Worlds: The Sarapieion
  • Chapter 8. Roman Memphis: An Epilogue
  • Appendixes A - D
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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