Sarapis
Sarapis

Author: Wilhelm Hornbostel

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-08-24

Total Pages: 729

ISBN-13: 900429497X

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Preliminary material -- EINFÜHRUNG -- SCHRIFTLICHE ÜBERLIEFERUNG -- REKONSTRUKTION DER STATUE -- STIL -- ENTSTEHUNGSORT -- ANASTOLETYPUS -- FRANSENTYPUS -- SARAPISDARSTELLUNGEN AUF MÜNZEN -- SARAPIDEN OHNE CHITON -- DAS VERHÄLTNIS DER RÖMISCHEN KAISER EINSCHLIESSLICH HADRIANS ZU SARAPIS UND DEN ÄGYPTISCH-ORIENTALISCHEN GÖTTERN -- SCHLUSSBETRACHTUNG -- EXKURS. Zu EINIGEN THESEN VON CH. PICARD -- ADDENDA -- GENERALREGISTER -- ABBILDUNGSVERZEICHNIS -- TEXTABBILDUNGEN -- TAFELN I-CCXX UND KARTEN I UND II.

Collections at Risk
Collections at Risk

Author: Claire Derriks

Publisher: Lockwood Press

Published: 2017-02-01

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1937040615

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Conflicts and wars, and more specifically the 2011 Revolution in Egypt, have brought to light the worrying question of the preservation of the cultural heritage in the world. The role of museums and international institutions have become ever more important in this respect. Recognizing that cultural treasures can form the basis for education and economic prosperity, the organizers devoted the 29th Annual Meeting of ICOM's International Committee for Egyptology (CIPEG) to the theme of "Collections at Risk: New Challenges in a New Environment." The present volume contains several of the papers read during those sessions in Brussels in 2012, and gives a clear example of the multifarious paths that lay open to obtaining the objective of preserving the past for the future.

The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells, Volume 1
The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells, Volume 1

Author: Hans Dieter Betz

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2022-10-14

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 0226826953

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"The Greek magical papyri" is a collection of magical spells and formulas, hymns, and rituals from Greco-Roman Egypt, dating from the second century B.C. to the fifth century A.D. Containing a fresh translation of the Greek papyri, as well as Coptic and Demotic texts, this new translation has been brought up to date and is now the most comprehensive collection of this literature, and the first ever in English. The Greek Magical Papyri in Transition is an invaluable resource for scholars in a wide variety of fields, from the history of religions to the classical languages and literatures, and it will fascinate those with a general interest in the occult and the history of magic. "One of the major achievements of classical and related scholarship over the last decade."—Ioan P. Culianu, Journal for the Study of Judaism "The enormous value of this new volume lies in the fact that these texts will now be available to a much wider audience of readers, including historians or religion, anthropologists, and psychologists."—John G. Gager, Journal of Religion "[This book] shows care, skill and zest. . . . Any worker in the field will welcome this sterling performance."—Peter Parsons, Times Literary Supplement

The Hypocephalus: An Ancient Egyptian Funerary Amulet
The Hypocephalus: An Ancient Egyptian Funerary Amulet

Author: Tamás Mekis

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2020-02-29

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1789693349

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The hypocephalus is an element of Late Period and Ptolemaic funerary equipment—an amuletic disc placed under the head of mummies. Its shape emulates the sun’s disc, and its form is planar (although it is occasionally concave). This volume analyses the written records and iconography of these objects.