At Home in Roman Egypt: A Social Archaeology
Author:   Anna Lucille Boozer (Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108830928


Pages:   350
Publication Date:   30 September 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Anna Lucille Boozer (Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   0.940kg
ISBN:  

9781108830928


ISBN 10:   1108830927
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   30 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Homelife; 2. Settings and communities; 3. Conception, birth, and childhood; 4. Adulthood; 5. Making the home; 6. Caring for the body and constructing difference; 7. Religion, ritual, and magic; 8. Health, disability, and old age; 9. Death and the afterlife; 10. Homelife in Roman Egypt and beyond.

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'... a brief insight into life as was most likely experienced by a large majority of the Romano-Egyptian population ... the book is beautifully written and easily accessible to everyone.' Micaela Langellotti, Minerva


Author Information

Anna Lucille Boozer is Professor of Roman Mediterranean Archaeology and Ancient History at Baruch College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY). Her research focuses on Roman Egypt, Meroitic Sudan, empires, and everyday life. She directs the CUNY excavations at Amheida (Egypt) and MAP: The Meroë Archival Project (Sudan). She has written widely on the social archaeology and history of Egypt and Sudan. Among her books are A Late Romano-Egyptian House in the Dakhla Oasis: Amheida House B2 (2015) and Archaeologies of Empire: Local Participants and Imperial Trajectories (2020).

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