Le voyage à Héliopolis
Subtitle: description des vestiges pharaoniques et des traditions associées depuis Hérodote jusqu'à l'Expédition d'Egypte
By: Essam Salah el-Banna ; avec la collaboration de Stéphane Pasquali
Contributors: Pasquali, Stéphane, 1981- writer of postface
Series: RAPH -- 36; Recherches d'archéologie, de philologie et d'histoire -- t. 36.
Publisher: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Le Caire
Language: fre
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9782724706543
Subjects: Description and travel; Antiquities; Travelers' writings; History and criticism; Excavations (Archaeology); Travel
Description: "The city of Heliopolis in Egypt has always fascinated its visitors. Some recognized the residence of the famous magician-priests of the Phraraohs, those who gave their teachings to some great men of ancient Greece; others, the places of famous episodes of the Holy Scriptures; even others, some strange remains with miraculous virtues. This book gathers the descriptions of Heliopolis and its ruins by pilgrims, travelers, geographers and historians from different cultural backgrounds: Greeks, Romans, Muslims, Jewishs [sic], Christians of Orient and Occident. These testimonies, from the 5th century BC to the end of the 18th century AC, tell us about the appearance of the site and its monuments over the centuries, its history and above all, teh legends developed around this universal symbolic place"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: On front cover: "Culture et savoirs"

Includes one folded loose-leaf map (24 cm x 16 cm) of the site of Heliopolis in present day Matariya, Egypt.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-212) and index.

Collection of French texts and translations of texts about Heliopolis originally written in Greek, Latin, Syriac, Arabic, German,  Dutch, and English; introduction in French
Table of contents: title: I. Témoignages des voyageurs de l'Antiquité classique; title: II. Témoignages des voyageurs, géographes et historiens arabes; title: III. Témoignages des pèlerins et voyageurs chrétiens et juifs; title: IV. Témoignages des membres de l'Expédition d'Égypte; title: Postface : De L'Héliopolis historique aux Héliopolis mythques or Les facettes de la mémoire d'un site de l'Égypte pharaonique / Stéphane Pasquali.