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Resurrection in Alexandria : the painted Greco-Roman tombs of Kom al-Shuqafa

Title
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.
Author
Guimier-Sorbets, Anne-Marie
Publication
Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press ; Alexandria, Egypt : Centre d'Études Alexandrines, 2017.

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Additional Authors
  • Pelle, André
  • Seif El-Din, Merwatte
  • Empereur, J.-Y. (Jean-Yves)
  • Clement, Colin
Description
171 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Summary
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 underneath other painted scenes: the hidden scenes could be partly made out and photographed using ultraviolet light. Then in 2012, new computer technology was used to reveal the lost images and colors even more clearly.Here the team present, examine, and interpret what they found, teasing meaning and intent from the alternating scenes of Greek and Egyptian mythology, as employed by the citizens of a multicultural Alexandria at the beginning of the second century CE, in pursuit of a happy afterlife.
Uniform Title
Renaître avec Osiris et Perséphone English
Alternative Title
Renaître avec Osiris et Perséphone
Subjects
Genre/Form
Art.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-169).
Contents
A revelation in four acts -- Photographing the invisible -- Architecture and iconography.
ISBN
  • 9789774168291
  • 9774168291
LCCN
99973106287
OCLC
  • ocn959950006
  • 959950006
  • SCSB-8795641
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library