Transfigurations of Hellenism
Subtitle: Aspects of Late Antique Art in Egypt, AD 250-700 (Probleme der Agyptologie) (Probleme Der Agyptologie)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9789004143326
Subjects: History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; History: World; General; History; Philosophy; Ancient World; Middle East - Egypt; History - General; Egypt; Art, Coptic; Art, Hellenistic
First sentence: Visiting the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo before the current renovation of the museum's buildings would have turned their surroundings into desolate construction area, the candid late twentieth-century tourist entered shady, lush garden opening from the noisy Mari Girgis Street running along the western side of the formidable remains of the Roman fortress of Babylon.