Visualizing the Afterlife in the Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt
Author:   Marjorie Susan Venit (University of Maryland, College Park)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107048089


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   24 November 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Marjorie Susan Venit (University of Maryland, College Park)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 28.70cm
Weight:   1.190kg
ISBN:  

9781107048089


ISBN 10:   1107048087
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   24 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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1. Death, bilingualism, and biography in the 'eventide' of Egypt: the Tomb of Petosiris and its afterlife; 2. Egypt as metaphor: visual bilingualism in the monumental tombs of ancient Alexandria; 3. Greek myth as metaphor in the chora of Egypt; 4. Tradition and innovation in the tombs of the Egyptian chora Tuna el-Gebel; 5. Bricolage and Greek-collage in the tombs of the Egyptian chora; 6. Intersection and interconnection in the negotiation of the afterlife in tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt.

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Marjorie Susan Venit is Professor Emerita of Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of Monumental Tombs of Ancient Alexandria: The Theater of the Dead and Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums. Her previous book projects have been supported by generous grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Kress Foundation, and the J. Paul Getty Trust. Among her other national awards are a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship and fellowships from the American Research Center in Egypt, the American Association of University Women, and the American Philosophical Society.

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