Ptolemaic Egypt Archive
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The Subsidiary Temple of Nekhtnebef at Tell el-Balamun
Posted on March 28, 2013 | No CommentsThe subsidiary temple constructed by Nekhtnebef (Nectanebo I) as a barque-station on the cross-axis of the Amun-Temple at Tell el-Balamun has been the subject of excavation during various seasons of excavation at the site by the British Museum, most recently in Spring 2004. The accumulated understanding of the monument gained through this work is now sufficient to present some conclusions on its design and how it compares with other temples of the period. -
A question of authenticity and date: Roman copies and Ptolemaic originals
Posted on March 8, 2013 | No CommentsEgyptian-style sculptures from the Roman period are often dismissed as modern forgeries on account of their unusual proportions and stylised features. This article considers the Imperial Roman fashion of using Egyptian and Egyptianising sculptural representations concentrating on three statues of questionable authenticity. -
When a Book of the Dead text does not match archaeology: the case of the protective magical bricks
Posted on January 17, 2013 | No CommentsConsideration of this funerary rite will show how and why the practical application of the ritual in tombs could differ from the tradition noted in manuscripts; in other words, cases where reality does not match the text. -
The guardian-demons of the Book of the Dead
Posted on January 15, 2013 | No CommentsFrom an ontological point of view, I would define these guardian-figures as -
The Elusive Tomb of Alexander
Posted on September 23, 2012 | No CommentsEgyptologist and former ARCHA EOLOGY contributing editor Robert S. Bianchi wrote two articles for us on the many expeditions--scientific and fringe--that have tried to find the location of Alexander's final resting place. -
Women in Egypt – how the status of women in Egypt changed during the Ptolemaic Period
Posted on September 12, 2012 | No CommentsThis dissertation will thus attempt to shed light on the question of how and if the status of women changed in Ptolemaic Egypt during the Hellenistic period. The women in question will be both of the native Egyptian population and of the Graeco-Macedonian upper class who migrated toEgypt along with the early Ptolemaic dynasty (and who continued tomigrate to Egypt throughout the Hellenistic period). -
Communal Agriculture in the Ptolemaic and Roman Fayyum
Posted on January 31, 2010 | No CommentsMy approach to land rights is social and economic rather than juristic. In other words, I am not interested in the interpretation of ancient legal terms according to Roman or civil law categories, which risks imposing rigid categories on social relations that have little explanatory power...In this paper, I use the economic concepts of communal and private land rights to illuminate these relations.
