Resurrection in Alexandria : the painted Greco-Roman tombs of Kom al-Shuqafa / Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets, André Pelle, Mervat Seif el-Din ; introduction by Jean-Yves Empereur ; English translation by Colin Clement.

In the Greco-Roman catacombs of Alexandria, uniquely decorated tombs from the time when religious boundaries blurred and syncretistic beliefs flourished have long been known. But it was only in 1993 that researchers discovered faint traces of paintings on walls previously thought to be blank, or und...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Renaître avec Osiris et Perséphone. English
Main Authors:	Guimier-Sorbets, Anne-Marie (Author) Pelle, André (Author) Seif El-Din, Merwatte (Author)
Other Authors:	Empereur, J.-Y. (Jean-Yves) (Writer of introduction) Clement, Colin (Translator)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	French
Published:	Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press : Centre d'Études Alexandrines, 2017.
Subjects:	Osiris > (Egyptian deity) > Art. Persephone > (Greek deity) > Art. Osiris > (Egyptian deity) Persephone > (Greek deity) Alexandria (Egypt) > Antiquities. Antiquities. Egypt > Alexandria. Art.
Genre:	Art.
Physical Description:	171 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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