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Author: Achille Adriani Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER ISBN: 9788882650858 Category : Architecture Languages : it Pages : 192
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A collection of studies by Achille Adriani discussing the facts, ideas and problems of the tomb of Alexander. Four main essays look at the transportation of the body to Alexandria and Alexander's tomb at Memphis, the nature of the written sources on the subject, the myths and theories surrounding the tomb and the form and location of it, with comparisons being made with other Macedonian royal tombs. A series of well written essays (in Italian) with a number of excellent illustrations.
Author: Achille Adriani Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER ISBN: 9788882650858 Category : Architecture Languages : it Pages : 192
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A collection of studies by Achille Adriani discussing the facts, ideas and problems of the tomb of Alexander. Four main essays look at the transportation of the body to Alexandria and Alexander's tomb at Memphis, the nature of the written sources on the subject, the myths and theories surrounding the tomb and the form and location of it, with comparisons being made with other Macedonian royal tombs. A series of well written essays (in Italian) with a number of excellent illustrations.
Author: Catherine Fletcher Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019061272X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 353
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Family tree -- Glossary of names -- Timeline -- Map -- A note on money -- Prologue -- Book one: The bastard son -- Book two: The obedient nephew -- Book three: The prince alone -- Afterword: Alessandro's ethnicity.
Author: Andrew Michael Chugg Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0955679095 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 376
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Uncovers a connection between a Macedonian funerary sculpture found in the foundations of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice and the sarcophagus of an Egyptian Pharaoh shipped to London from Alexandria in 1801. Traces their trails to show that both seem to come from Alexander's tomb in Alexandria. Now it is revealed that the sculptural relief was fitted to the sarcophagus, confirming the theory. The author writes: "When I embarked upon the deck of this Odyssey, it seemed to me that shipwreck was my eventual destiny, but now beyond the raging, roiling sea, I have glimpsed the shore of verdant Valinor unveiled before me. Though I may yet come to grief upon some reef, washed by waves of disbelief, I voyage on to vindication, my vessel's ordained destination. With greatness grazing on the verge of rediscovery, we may surely see the resolution of this mystery. So let my sail now be unfurled to catch the wind and win the world Alexander's long-lost legacy, the parted parts of his shattered tomb and battered body."
Author: Andrew Chugg Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0955679060 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 333
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In 2004 the author's first book "The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great" was published to the accompaniment of international media attention, since it reported the first credible suggestion as to the current whereabouts of the long-vanished corpse of the illustrious conqueror. In the intervening years, progress by testing the candidate remains has been thwarted by the Church authorities, yet much new information has emerged, casting the enigma in an ever more probing light. In this extensively updated and extended account, the meanderings of the evidence have been tracked with scrupulous care and the tangled threads of erstwhile hidden history have been teased apart. Thus the forgotten secrets of one of the greatest mysteries bequeathed to us by the ancient world are laid bare, culminating in the novel suggestion that the body stolen from Alexandria in AD828 and now in Venice may have acquired a false identity at the time that paganism was outlawed by the Emperor of Rome in the 4th century AD.
Author: Christos S. Zerefos Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1789690676 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 321
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This proceedings volume includes high-level dialogues and philosophical discussions between international experts on Hellenistic Alexandria. The goal was to celebrate the 24 centuries which have elapsed since its foundation and the beginning of the Library and the Museum of Alexandria.
Author: Krzysztof Nawotka Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004335226 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 371
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The Alexander Romance by Ps.-Callisthenes of Krzysztof Nawotka is a guide to a third century AD fictional biography of Alexander the Great, the anonymous Historia Alexandri Magni. It is a historical commentary which identifies all names and places in this piece of Greek literature approached as a source for the history of Alexander the Great, from kings, like Nectanebo II of Egypt and Darius III of Persia, to fictional characters. It discusses real and imaginary geography of the Alexander Romance. While dealing with all aspects of Ps.-Callisthenes relevant to Greek history and to Macedonia, its pays particular attention to aspects of ancient history and culture of Babylonia and Egypt and to the multi-layered foundation story of Alexandria.
Author: Luca Cherstich Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1803275502 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 502
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This book analyzes ancient tombs in Eastern Libya, from the Archaic phase to Late Roman times. Despite plundering, these ornate structures reveal funerary competition, spatial organization, and lost rituals. The book reconstructs the social history of ancient Cyreneans through their ostentatious funerary culture.
Author: Nicholas J Saunders Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 0465006213 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 322
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Alexander the Great is a towering figure in world history, but despite our long-held fascination with him, his burial site is unknown. Alexander's Tomb is the epic tale of the ongoing quest to unlock one of the world's great mysteries.
Author: D. Michaelides Publisher: Oxbow Books ISBN: 178297301X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 519
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The international conference "Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity" held in Nicosia in April 2003 filled an important gap in historical knowledge about Cyprus' relations with its neighbours. While the island's links with the Aegean and the Levant have been well documented and continue to be the subject of much archaeological attention, the exchanges between Cyprus and the Nile Valley are not as well known and have not before been comprehensively reviewed. They range in date from the mid third millennium B.C. to Late Antiquity and encompass every kind of interconnection, including political union. Their novelty lies in the marked differences between the ancient civilisations of Cyprus and Egypt, the distance between them geographically, which could be bridged only by ship, and the unusual ways they influenced each other's material and spiritual cultures. The papers delivered at the conference covered every aspect of the relationship, with special emphasis on the tangible evidence for the movement of goods, people and ideas between the two countries over a 3000 year period.
Author: Achille Adriani
Author: Achille Adriani
Author: Catherine Fletcher
Author: Andrew Michael Chugg
Author: Andrew Chugg
Author: Christos S. Zerefos
Author: Krzysztof Nawotka
Author: Luca Cherstich
Author: Nicholas J Saunders
Author: D. Michaelides
Author: Antonio Pinelli