Author: Christos S. Zerefos
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789690676
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
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.
Hellenistic Alexandria: Celebrating 24 Centuries – Papers presented at the conference held on December 13–15 2017 at Acropolis Museum, Athens
Author: Christos S. Zerefos
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789690676
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789690676
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
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.
The Topography of Ancient Alexandria
Author: Barbara Tkaczow
Publisher: Iksio Pan
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Publisher: Iksio Pan
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, C. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700
Author: Judith McKenzie
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300115550
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This masterful history of the monumental architecture of Alexandria, as well as of the rest of Egypt, encompasses an entire millennium—from the city’s founding by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. to the years just after the Islamic conquest of A.D. 642. Long considered lost beyond recall, the architecture of ancient Alexandria has until now remained mysterious. But here Judith McKenzie shows that it is indeed possible to reconstruct the city and many of its buildings by means of meticulous exploration of archaeological remains, written sources, and an array of other fragmentary evidence. The book approaches its subject at the macro- and the micro-level: from city-planning, building types, and designs to architectural style. It addresses the interaction between the imported Greek and native Egyptian traditions; the relations between the architecture of Alexandria and the other cities and towns of Egypt as well as the wider Mediterranean world; and Alexandria’s previously unrecognized role as a major source of architectural innovation and artistic influence. Lavishly illustrated with new plans of the city in the Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine periods; reconstruction drawings; and photographs, the book brings to life the ancient city and uncovers the true extent of its architectural legacy in the Mediterranean world.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300115550
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This masterful history of the monumental architecture of Alexandria, as well as of the rest of Egypt, encompasses an entire millennium—from the city’s founding by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. to the years just after the Islamic conquest of A.D. 642. Long considered lost beyond recall, the architecture of ancient Alexandria has until now remained mysterious. But here Judith McKenzie shows that it is indeed possible to reconstruct the city and many of its buildings by means of meticulous exploration of archaeological remains, written sources, and an array of other fragmentary evidence. The book approaches its subject at the macro- and the micro-level: from city-planning, building types, and designs to architectural style. It addresses the interaction between the imported Greek and native Egyptian traditions; the relations between the architecture of Alexandria and the other cities and towns of Egypt as well as the wider Mediterranean world; and Alexandria’s previously unrecognized role as a major source of architectural innovation and artistic influence. Lavishly illustrated with new plans of the city in the Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine periods; reconstruction drawings; and photographs, the book brings to life the ancient city and uncovers the true extent of its architectural legacy in the Mediterranean world.
What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria?
Author: Mostafa el- Abbadi
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004165452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This book aims at presenting a new discussion of primary sources by renowned scholars of the long disputed question of "What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria"? The treatment includes a brilliant presentation of cultural Alexandrian life in late antiquity.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004165452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This book aims at presenting a new discussion of primary sources by renowned scholars of the long disputed question of "What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria"? The treatment includes a brilliant presentation of cultural Alexandrian life in late antiquity.
Unearthing Alexandria’s Archaeology: The Italian Contribution
Author: Mohamed Kenawi
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784918660
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Presents an archival survey, historical research, and archaeological description of the main Italian excavations in Alexandria from the 1890s to the 1950s, offering detailed descriptions of excavations at Hadra, Chatby, Anfushi and more, accompanied by often unpublished photographs and a catalogue of rare photographs of further sites in Alexandria.
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784918660
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Presents an archival survey, historical research, and archaeological description of the main Italian excavations in Alexandria from the 1890s to the 1950s, offering detailed descriptions of excavations at Hadra, Chatby, Anfushi and more, accompanied by often unpublished photographs and a catalogue of rare photographs of further sites in Alexandria.
Alexandria Antiqua: A Topographical Catalogue and Reconstruction
Author: Amr Abdo
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789699444
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Alexandria Antiqua aims to catalogue the archaeological sites of Alexandria, from the records of the French Expedition (1798-99) to the present day, and to infer the urban layout and cityscape at the time of its foundation (4th century BC), and then through the successive changes which took place up to the Arab conquest (7th century AD).
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789699444
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Alexandria Antiqua aims to catalogue the archaeological sites of Alexandria, from the records of the French Expedition (1798-99) to the present day, and to infer the urban layout and cityscape at the time of its foundation (4th century BC), and then through the successive changes which took place up to the Arab conquest (7th century AD).
Le culte d'Isis en Asie mineure
Author: F. Dunand
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004294953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004294953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Books on Fire
Author: Lucien X. Polastron
Publisher: Lucien X. POLASTRON
ISBN: 9781594771675
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
Publisher: Lucien X. POLASTRON
ISBN: 9781594771675
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
Philo of Alexandria and the Timaeus of Plato
Author: Douwe (David) Runia
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004320660
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004320660
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
Cyril of Alexandria and the Nestorian Controversy
Author: Susan Wessel
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199268460
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Susan Wessel recounts the historical and cultural process by which Cyril of Alexandria was elevated to canonical status while his opponent, Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, was turned into a heretic. She argues that it was Cyril's mastery of rhetoric and politics alike which ensured his victory over his adversary.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199268460
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Susan Wessel recounts the historical and cultural process by which Cyril of Alexandria was elevated to canonical status while his opponent, Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, was turned into a heretic. She argues that it was Cyril's mastery of rhetoric and politics alike which ensured his victory over his adversary.