A Curator’s View: Egypt – Faith After the Pharaohs
The British Museum’s Egypt: Faith After the Pharaohs launched a little over two weeks ago and received resounding critical acclaim. Curator Elizabeth O’Connell discussed some of the important themes and pieces selected for the exhibit in her recent talk, Curator’s Introduction to Egypt: Faith and the Pharaohs.
Another Side of Egypt: Faith After the Pharaohs at the British Museum
The British Museum’s latest exhibit, Faith After the Pharaohs, presents an intimate look at how religion, policy and daily practice intermingled and survived in post-pharaonic Egypt.
A Youth Organization in the Roman Empire
In Roman Egypt, 14-year-old boys were enrolled in a youth organization in order to learn to be good citizens.
The Search for a Greater Truth: Religion and Philosophy in Roman Egypt
I argue in my thesis that the most vivid example of Egypt’s sway can be seen in the areas of religion and philosophy. These areas of influence manifest in three ways Hellenistic/Egyptian Paganism, Christianity/Judaism, and Philosophy.
Movie Review: Agora
This film is a pleasant departure from most Ancient period movies that rely on an abundance of sex, muscles, swords and tacky bravado.
Glassware from Roman Egypt at Begram (Afghanistan) and the Red Sea trade
In the period of the early Roman Empire, the Mediterranean basin and south Asia were connected by vast and complex networks of long-distance travel and commerce. The itineraries given in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (maritime) and Parthian stations (overland) are not necessarily routes to be followed by a single merchant with a single cargo from beginning to end
A question of authenticity and date: Roman copies and Ptolemaic originals
Egyptian-style sculptures from the Roman period are often dismissed as modern forgeries on account of their unusual proportions and stylised features. This article considers the Imperial Roman fashion of using Egyptian and Egyptianising sculptural representations concentrating on three statues of questionable authenticity.
The ploion hellenikon of Roman Egypt: What was Greek about it?
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The Traders in Rome's Eastern Commerce
Despite opposition by certain members of society, the Eastern trade seems to have continued to grow for at least the first two centuries of Roman rule.
Taxation in the later Roman Empire
What were the bases of taxation? How was the collection organised? What were the most important imperial changes in the system of taxation in the later Roman Empire?