This palaeographic study analyses the development of sign forms during the Early Dynastic period. It presents a series of tables of all published inscriptions, and discusses their chronology and distr
By hoard, scholars mean at least two coins, or at least one coin and another object of value, that seem to have been deliberately buried or lost together. They include hoards that have been added to o
To introduce students to ancient history and archaeology, Chadwick (history and culture of ancient Near East, McGill U.) provides an overview of two of the world's oldest civilizations: ancient Mesopo
The aim of this work is to investigate how in Roman Egypt, double names were used by the local elite to promote their social status. Polyonymy (i.e. the use of multiple names) is found in Egyptian tex
Sanzo presents students, academics, and researchers with an examination of the use of opening lines, or incipits, in the Gospels, Psalms, and other biblical passages inscribed on amulets in Egypt in t
Originating in papers presented at a conference in November 2011 in Wroclaw, this volume takes up the subject of Alexander the Great and Egypt. Alexander’s expedition to Egypt gave birth to a complex
This volume compiles 13 studies selected from papers given at a meeting, "The Bronze Age in the Lebanon," held at the Institut Francais D'Archeologie du Proche Orient in Beirut in 2000. Focusing on th
