10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAYUM»
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Fayum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Fayum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
"This is a small book full of beautiful portraits of Fayum people, in which we can delight ourselves in the skills and artistry of the local artists, as well as the cultural customs it arisen from.
Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter,
2004
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Graeco-Roman
Fayum: Texts and Archaeology : Proceedings of ...
Graeco-Roman Oxyrhyncha, a village in the Arsinoite nome1 Willy Clarysse
Oxyrhyncha is a well-documented Fayum village of more than ordinary
importance2. It was an administrative center for a toparchy and according to
some even of the ...
Sandra Luisa Lippert, Maren Schentuleit,
2008
3
Mysterious
Fayum Portraits
Reproduced in this arresting book are some 180 of the finest of the more than 1,000 extant images - of men, women, and children, young and old, plain and beautiful - all of whom seem uncannily alive.
Euphrosyne Doxiadis,
1995
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Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt
The mummy portraits are often called 'Fayum portraits' because so many of them
were found in the cemeteries of the Fayum district of Egypt. Portraits have turned
up, however, in many other parts of Egypt, ranging from Upper Egypt to the ...
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Fishermen, hunters and herders: zooarchaeology in the
Fayum, ...
Fischer - Jäger - Hirten.
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Afro-Arabian Geology: A Kinematic View
THE OASIS OF THE FAYUM Contemporary deposits buried under the arable
land of the Nile Valley and Delta also occur in the Fayum Depression which
formed in the Early Quaternary. This is separated from the Nile by a water divide
lying ...
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Arsinoitēs nomos: administration of the
Fayum under Roman rule
Contents include: The place of Nomos Arsinoites in the Egyptian administrative system under the Roman rule; Nomos Arsinoites - its nomarchai, strategoi and basilikoi grammateis.
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Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals
7. Out. of. Africa. Figure 7.2. A. The Fayum badlands are barren and heavily. Ex
Africa semper aliquid novi. (Out of Africa there is always something new). Pliny
the Elder, Natural History, VIII, 17 THE TETHYTHERES The doctors were
insistent.
Donald R. Prothero, Robert M. Schoch,
2002
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Primate Evolution and Human Origins
1NTRODUCT1ON The earliest African record of Anthropoidea comes from
deposits of Early Oligocene age in the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Finds from the
first decade of this century included single specimens of four species of primates,
but it ...
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Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins: A Search for Origins
Section. 2. The. Fayum. and. Other. Fossil. Adventures. Although he is probably
best known for his ongoing expeditions over five decades in Egypt, Elwyn
Simons' paleontological work extends to many other places and many other
continents.
John G Fleagle, Christopher C. Gilbert,
2007
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAYUM»
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Fayum is used in the context of the following news items.
Egypt Announces Mass Arrests of Islamists
... Barakat in a bomb attack this Monday in Heliopolis.20 were arrested in the capital city and 13 in four governorates: Fayum, Bani Suef, Alexandria, and Ghabia. «Prensa Latina, Jun 15»
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... and a manuscript, as well as the Fayum portrait, an Egyptian funerary painting that would have been placed on the face of a mummified body. «The National, Jun 15»
'Treasures and Talismans: Rings From the Griffin Collection' Review
The fragment of a late 2nd- to 3rd-century painted mummy shroud that could have been accompanied by a Fayum portrait—a Roman-period ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
Louvre Abu Dhabi announces an exhibition of its latest acquisitions …
A rare, high-quality portrait from a distinctive series known as the Fayum mummy portraits will be part of both displays. From ancient Egypt, this ... «The National, Jun 15»
British Museum to lend key works to Abu Dhabi
... reliefs and cuneiform tablets, Sasanian gold belt fittings, Phoenician jewellery, Fayum portraits, Indus antiquities, Greek and Roman jewels, ... «AMA, Jun 15»
Christie's Curates: Olga Chernysheva
An Egyptian polychrome Fayum portrait with gilding. ... Whilst Chernysheva's subject remains faceless, the Fayum portrait by this unknown artist ... «Christie's, Jun 15»
Morning Links: Sound Sanctuary Edition
The items include: Assyrian reliefs and cuneiform tablets, Sasanian gold belt fittings, Phoenician jewellery, Fayum portraits, Indus antiquities, ... «ARTnews, Jun 15»
British Museum to Send Star Objects to the Gulf
... Phoenician jewellery, Fayum portraits, Indus antiquities, Greek and Roman jewels, Byzantine objects, Ming porcelain, Mughal miniatures, ... «AINA, Jun 15»
Artist uses encaustics to create shapes, forms
For any who have visited a museum to see Egyptian sarcophagus, the Fayum mummy portraits are a perfect example of encaustic painting. «Poughkeepsie Journal, May 15»
Lindsey Davis's top 10 books about ancient Rome
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits: Faces from Ancient Egypt by Euphrosyne Doxiades. But people are vital. When I want to know who lived in a ... «The Guardian, May 15»