Egypt and the Classical World : Cross-Cultural Encounters in Antiquity / edited by Jeffrey Spier and Sara E. Cole. - First edition. - 1 online resource (202 pages): illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

From Thutmoses III to Homer to Blackadder: Egypt, the Aegean, and the "Barbarian Periphery" of the Late Bronze Age World System / Jorrit M. Kelder -- Mediterranean Encounters: Greeks, Carians, and Egyptians in the First Millennium BC / Alexandra Villing -- "I Am Isis": The Role of Speech in the Cult of Isis / Martin Bommas -- The Creation of New "Cultural Codes": The Ptolemaic Queens and Their Syncretic Processes with Isis, Hathor, and Aphrodite / Martina Minas-Nerpel -- The Kellis Mammisi: A Painted Chapel from the Final Centuries of the Ancient Egyptian Religion / Olaf E. Kaper -- Appropriation and Synthesis in the Villa of Herodes Atticus at Eva (Loukou), Greece / George Spyropoulos -- "To Isis the Great, Lady of Benevento": Privately Dedicated Egyptian Obelisks in Imperial Rome and the Twin Obelisks of Benevento Reedited / Luigi Prada and Paul D. Wordsworth.

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"This publication, the proceedings of a 2018 scholars' symposium held at the J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the exhibition Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World, synthesizes current research on cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Roman Empire"--

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Classical antiquities.
Civilization--Egyptian influences.
Civilization, Classical.
Civilization.
Antiquities.
Antiquites greco-romaines--Congres.
Civilisation ancienne--Congres.
Classical antiquities--Congresses.
Civilization, Classical--Congresses.


Rome (Empire)
Greece.
Egypt.
Égypte--Antiquites--Congres.
Égypte--Civilisation--332 av. J.-C.-640--Congres.
Égypte--Civilisation--Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.--Congres.
Egypt--Antiquities--Congresses.
Rome--Civilization--Egyptian influences--Congresses.
Greece--Civilization--Egyptian influences--Congresses.
Egypt--Civilization--332 B.C.-638 A.D.--Congresses.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.--Congresses.


Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.