The Fayum Landscape: Ten Thousand Years of Archaeology, Texts, and Traditions in Egypt
Author:   Claire Malleson
Publisher:   The American University in Cairo Press
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9789774168833


Pages:   340
Publication Date:   30 January 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Claire Malleson
Publisher:   The American University in Cairo Press
Imprint:   The American University in Cairo Press
ISBN:  

9789774168833


ISBN 10:   9774168836
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   30 January 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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List of Figures Aknowledgments Timeline 1. The Landscape: the Fayum 2. Academic Landscape: Theory in Archaeology and Geography 3. Landscape of the Lake: the ancient Egyptian Fayum (7500 - 332 BC 4. Changing Landscape: Herodotus and the Greco-Roman - Late Antique Fayum (450BC - AD 700) 5. Legendary Landscape: Medieval Islamic Accounts AD 860 - 1442 6. Explored Landscape: Western accounts - 17th-19th century Bibliography Index

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"""Clare Malleson's thorough and detailed piece is a tour de force, covering, as it does, the whole sweep of its history from the Palaeolithic period right up to modern times.""--Hilary Forrest, Ancient Egypt Magazine"


Clare Malleson's thorough and detailed piece is a tour de force, covering, as it does, the whole sweep of its history from the Palaeolithic period right up to modern times. --Hilary Forrest, Ancient Egypt Magazine


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Claire Malleson is an archaeologist specializing in the study of ancient plants and their relevance to Egyptian civilization. She completed her PhD in Archaeology (Egyptology) at the University of Liverpool and has a special interest in the history of the Fayum and its landscape.

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