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Perspectives on Panopolis: An Egyptian Town from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest

Perspectives on Panopolis: An Egyptian Town from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest Acts from an International Symposium Held in Leiden on 16, 17 and 18 December 1998 - Papyrologica Lugduno-batava

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Panopolis, the modern town of Akhmim in Southern Egypt, was in Graeco-Roman times an important religious and cultural centre. Its gigantic temple was a stronghold of traditional Egyptian religion. In Late Antiquity it became a major centre of Hellenistic literature and learning and, at the same time, of Coptic monasticism. The sources for Graeco-Roman Panopolis are numerous and diverse. They not only include numerous texts of all genres in various scripts and languages, but archaeological artefacts too. This volume brings together seventeen contributions, dealing with epigraphy, both hieroglyphic and Greek, Greek papyri, Demotic funerary texts, Coptic literature and local monastic architecture. Without neglecting the heuristic problems which these various sources pose, they conjure up a vivid picture of a world marked by profound religious and cultural change.

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ISBN: 9789004117532
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Imprint: Brill Academic Publishers
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Number of pages: 224
Weight: 1125g
Height: 230mm
Width: 224mm
Spine width: 23mm