Cleopatra and Egypt

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Wiley, 28/04/2008 - 219 páginas
This beautifully illustrated new biography of Cleopatra draws on literary, archaeological, and art historical evidence to paint an intimate and compelling portrait of the most famous Queen of Egypt.

  • Deconstructs the image of Cleopatra to uncover the complex historical figure behind the myth

  • Examines Greek, Roman, and Egyptian representations of Cleopatra

  • Considers how she was viewed by her contemporaries and how she presented herself

  • Incorporates the author’s recent field work at a temple of Cleopatra in Alexandria

  • Beautifully illustrated with over 40 images

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Sources
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Ruler Regent and Pharaoh
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Cleopatras Capital and Court
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Acerca do autor (2008)

Sally-Ann Ashton studied at King's College London and is currently Senior Assistant Keeper in the Department of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. She has published extensively on many aspects of later periods of Egyptian history and culture, including Ptolemaic royal sculpture from Egypt, the last queens of Egypt, Petrie's Ptolemaic and Roman Memphis and Roman Egyptomania. She has worked on excavations in Greece, Libya, and Egypt and is currently involved in projects at Karnak temple.

Informação bibliográfica

TítuloCleopatra and Egypt
Volume 11 de Blackwell Ancient Lives, ISSN 1754-1727
AutorSally-Ann Ashton
Ediçãoilustrada
EditoraWiley, 2008
Original deUniversidade de Michigan
Digitalizado11 Set 2008
ISBN1405113901, 9781405113908
Número de páginas219 páginas
  
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