Scarce. This useful soft cover book is 64 pages in length, with 76 color, and black-and-white illustrations. This copy is in very good condition, but with extensive highlighting. Signature. Photographs are available. Seller Inventory # 002251

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Art of Death in Graeco-Roman Egypt (...

Publisher: Shire, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, UK

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Some of the most spectacular discoveries made in Egypt during the twentieth century were in the field of Graeco-Roman funerary archaeology - the poignant mummy portraits and grave stelae, the extensive cemeteries of Alexandria and marina el-alamein, the magnificent Golden Mummies of Bahariya - and this work brings together in one volume an introduction all the categories of funerary art of the period. A wide range of material is presented - tomb decoration stelae, sarcophagi, coffins, mumm cases, funerary masks, portraits and cinerary urns in order to give the reader an overview of the various categories and their inter-relationship.

About the Author:

Judith Corbelli holds the degrees of BA (Hons) and MPhil of the University of Liverpool where she read Ancient History, Classical and Egyptian Archaeology. She specialises in Graeco-Roman Egypt, and this book is largely based on her MPhil thesis on the burial customs of the period.

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