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OverviewThis volume contains the proceedings of the twenty-first annual British Museum Egyptology Colloquium, which was the first in the series dedicated to post-pharaonic Egypt. The volume investigates continuity and change in the archaeological record in the First Millennium AD, focusing on the transitions to and from Late Antiquity (AD 250-800), when Egypt's population became Christian and, later, Islam was introduced. The fourteen contributors, representing the overlapping disciplines of Egyptology, Archaeology and Art History with specialisations in the pharaonic, Roman and Late Antique periods, present the results of new archaeological research at a range of sites currently under investigation. Seeking to identify trends and compare results, the volume is organised according to four major themes: 1) settlements, 2) cemeteries, 3) settling rock-cut tombs and quarries and 4) temple-church-mosque. Many of the contributions address adaptive reuse of earlier architecture, the recycling of earlier monuments as building material (i.e. spolia), or both. Traditionally neglected by modern scholars in favour of other periods in Egypt's long history, the study of First Millennium AD archaeology offers increasingly better opportunities to evaluate both Egypt's distinctiveness and its role within the wider Mediterranean region. Full Product DetailsAuthor: E.R. O'ConnellPublisher: Peeters Publishers Imprint: Peeters Publishers Volume: Volume 2 Dimensions: Width: 24.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 30.20cm Weight: 1.778kg ISBN: 9789042930711ISBN 10: 9042930713 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 02 December 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsEgypt in the First Millennium AD succeeds in its aims, of giving priority to sites for which there is comparatively little published synthesis, of providing a wealth of information for a wider scholarly audience, and of looking at the evidence of continuity and change in these centuries and their changing political, cultural, and religious characters...As such, it is an important contribution to the current scholarly discourse on Late Antiquity. [...] [This volume] is a valuable tool to historians and archaeologists alike, across a range of disciplines (Egyptology, archaeology, art history, early Christianity, etc.) and research interests (e.g., urban development, trade and economy, burial practices, material culture). --Jennifer Cromwell, University of Copenhagen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.11.27 Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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