Petrie's Ptolemaic and Roman Memphis by Sally-Ann Ashton

Petrie's Ptolemaic and Roman Memphis by Sally-Ann Ashton

Memphis was one of the great melting pots of Mediterranean and African culture during the reigns of the heirs of Alexander and under the Roman Empire, a vibrant and complex community well after the end of the age of its ancient Pharaonic founders. For too long, its importance during this critical period has been wrongly eclipsed by the younger city of Alexandria. This book challenges such assumptions by taking a closer look at Memphis through the lens of the rich material excavated there by Flinders Petrie over a century ago, and exhibited in University College London’s Petrie Museum. These finds bring alive the diversity of the city’s inhabitants and raise questions, still relevant today, about the representations and realities of ethnic groups. This book presents the excavation background to the finds, their manufacturing processes and their cultural implications. It is accompanied by downloadable resources that illustrate this informative and neglected material.

Sally-Ann Ashton is Assistant Keeper in the Department of Antiquities, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and author of books about Cleopatra and Ptolemaic Egypt.

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ISBN 13	9780905853406
ISBN 10	0905853407
Title	Petrie's Ptolemaic and Roman Memphis
Author	Sally-Ann Ashton
Series	Ucl Institute Of Archaeology Publications
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of London Institute of Archaeology
Year published	2009-01-01
Number of pages	110
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