Название: Egypt and Empire: The Formation of Religious Identity After Rome
Автор: E. R. O'connell
Издательство: Peeters Pub & Booksellers
ISBN: 904294031X
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 380
Размер: 191,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Across Eurasia and North Africa in the First Millennium AD, empires rose and fell, each adopting a universalizing faith which distinguished it broadly from its neighbours. In Egypt, our sources are particularly rich, owing to the land's arid climate and the unparalleled survival not only of stone, ceramic and metalwork, but also of organic material such as textiles, wood and manuscripts found on papyrus, parchment and paper.