Kategoria BISAC: History >> Ancient - Egypt

Greek text with English notes--An account of Egyptian history and
custom which includes anthropology, natural history and any antiquarian
information of interest to Herodotus. This scholarly edition offers a
thorough introduction to both Greek historiography and Egyptology.

The desert stood in stark opposition to the oikoumene, the inhabited world of the fourth century. Not because the world was a bad place, but because the desert 'understood geographically, religiously, spiritually, and mystically ' was the harsh, uncomprising place where the Christian could be perfected by God. Far from the Christian metropolis of Alexandria, removed from the well-known and much 'visited monastic settlements of the Thebaid, and infintely remote from Rome, lay the garrison towns of Aswan and Philae. There Christians and pagans coexisted. Integral to the christian community...

• Draws together the numerous records about Osiris from the third millennium B.C. to the Roman conquest of Egypt.
  
• Demonstrates that the cult of Osiris was the most popular and enduring of the ancient religions.
  
• Shows how the cult provided direct antecedents for many ideas, traits and customs in Christianity, including the concept of the trinity, baptism in the sacred river, and the sacrament of the...

• Focuses on the period in which the Egyptians created a professional army and gained control of Syria, creating an -Empire of Asia-.
  
• Written by a respected Egyptologist.
  
• Highlights new technological developments, such as the use of chariots and siege technology.
  
• Considers the socio-political aspects of warfare, particularly the rise to power of a new group of men.
  
• Evaluates the military effectiveness of the Egyptian state,...

• Draws together the numerous records about Osiris from the third millennium B.C. to the Roman conquest of Egypt.
  
• Demonstrates that the cult of Osiris was the most popular and enduring of the ancient religions.
  
• Shows how the cult provided direct antecedents for many ideas, traits and customs in Christianity, including the concept of the trinity, baptism in the sacred river, and the sacrament of the...