Author: Jere L. Bacharach
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 1617972339
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Corroded pieces of metal, stamped lumps of copper, broken bits of glass with partial inscriptions, fragments of textiles, tiny beads-these were the raw material found at al-Fustat, the site of the first Muslim settlement in Egypt in the seventh century and the heart of Cairo for many centuries following. From the 1950s Dr. Henri Amin Awad accepted from the poor in this area objects that had no obvious market value in return for medical services rendered. Over the years he built up an extraordinary and important collection of artifacts. Carefully cleaned, sorted, and then analyzed by specialists, this material illuminates many areas of the archaeological record neglected or missing from other studies. The ten studies in this volume-covering beads, bone, coins, glass weights and vessel stamps, medical instruments, medical prescriptions, metal objects, and textiles-demonstrate the wide range of archaeological material once found in al-Fustat, a site no longer accessible since most of it has been buried under urban development or lost to a rising water table. Contributors: Ibrahim Abd al-Rahman, Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Tawwab, Henri Amin Awad, Jere L. Bacharach, Michael L. Bates, Lidia Domaszewicz, Katharina Eldada, Peter Francis, Jr., Sami K. Hamarneh, Nancy Arthur Hoskins, Peter Mentzel, Norman D. Nicol, Elizabeth Rodenbeck, W. Luke Treadwell
Author: Yale University
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Category : Coins, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Publisher: Classical Numismatic Group
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Languages : en
Pages : 109
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Category : Numismatics
Languages : en
Pages : 1702
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Vols. 24-52 include the proceedings of the A.N.A. convention. 1911-39.
Author: Ludvig Müller
Publisher: Ares Publishers
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Author: K G Saur Books
Publisher: K. G. Saur
ISBN: 9783598238833
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
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Author: K G Saur Books
Publisher: K. G. Saur
ISBN: 9783598238901
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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Author: Penelope Wilson
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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The city of Sis was the capital of Egypt during the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty but has a much longer history. Since 1997 a joint mission of the Egypt Exploration Society and the University of Durham has been surveying and investigating this important site. This first volume, by the Field Director, Dr Penelope Wilson of the University of Durham, includes descriptions of Sis by early travellers and writers, and accounts of early excavations, followed by the results of the surveys carried out by various means including geomagnetic and drill augur surveys. A chapter on 'The Archaeology of Sis' gives the author's interpretations of the evidence, and there are lists of objects from the site, now in storage magazines or museums.
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Category : Classical antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Author: Agnes Baldwin Brett
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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