Aegyptus

Egyptology Resources from the University of Cambridge

Aegyptus
Brief history of the province excerpted from UNRV History- Roman Empire.

Who was who in the Roman Empire: Egypt

The city of Alexandria

Alexandrian Scholarship
"When Alexander founded Alexandria at an Egyptian harbor on the Mediterranean in 331 B.C.[Arrian, Anabasis 3.1.1], he laid the foundations not just for a new city, but for a place destined to be the locus of Greek intellectuals in the post-classical period...". Ellen Brundige

Treasures of the Sunken City
"In 1995, French archaeologist Jean Yves Empereur and his team discovered the Pharos lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The fabled lighthouse was underwater, just offshore from the modern city of Alexandria in Egypt. Find out what high-tech tools Empereur uses to mapthese ancient monuments, explore a piece of the map yourself, and learn what other treasures have since been discovered." Courtesy of Nova Online.

Objects from Karanis in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, U. Michigan

The Papyrology Home Page, U. of Michigan
With over 7,000 inventory numbers and more than10,000 individual fragments, the University of Michigan is home to one of the largest collections of papyri in the world. Through this webpage we hope to provide the public with access not only to our own papyrological collections but to many other papyrological resources as well.

Duke Papyrus Archive

Writing in Egypt under Greek and Roman Rule, P. van Minnen

World Art Treasures: Roman Portraits from Egypt

The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt

Nubia Exhibits at the Oriental Institute Museum, U. Chicago

The House of Ptolemy
An aid in the study of the Ptolemaic (Macedonian-based Greek), Roman Imperial (Greco-Roman), and Byzantine rulers of Egypt based in Alexandria, this site is intended for all classicists and students of Hellenistic history. The House of Ptolemy web site concentrates on the Ptolemies and their world, from 331 - 30 BCE. However, since the histories of Greek rule and subsequent Roman rule overlap (and do so again later with Byzantine rule) this site includes Roman rule in Egypt, and the Byzantine rule that followed. Courtesy of Adam D. Philippidis

The House of Ptolemy Annex: Egypt After the Ptolemies Egypt Under Roman Rule
Courtesy of Adam D. Philippidis

Hellenic Alexandria
"The HEC Hellenic Alexandria Project aims to highlight the Hellenic cultural presence which Alexandria, Egypt has always known. This city, founded by Alexander the Great, was home for generations to Greek scholars, philosophers and artists, where a cosmopolitan Hellenic community thrived."

Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times Discoveries of the University of Michigan Expedition to Egypt (1924-1935) Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, 1983
"This web site is an on-line version of the 1983 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology exhibition catalogue of the same name by Elaine K. Gazda"

Ancient History Sourcebook: Egypt under the Roman Empire from Strabo, Geography, c. 22 CE XVII.i.52-53, ii.4-5; XVIII.i.12-13:
Courtesy of Ancient History Sourcebook.

Roman Forts of Kharga Oasis
"Ain Umm Dabadib is a major ancient settlement located to the north of Qasr Kharga in Kharga Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert. The site, primarily Roman, is an amazing collection of buildings, tombs, and aqueducts. Most distinguished among the ruins is this mudbrick fortress, which looms high above all the other ruins. It is distinctive in that the towers are squared, while the towers in most of theÊ fortresses in Kharga are usually rounded."

Rome in Egypt: Roman Temples for Egyptian Gods
"The availability of an updated repertory of the temples built in Egypt by Roman emperors for autochthonous cults is a fundamental tool for every kind of research on Roman Egypt"

Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa
This exhibit was organized by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. An additional installation of archive photographs from the collections of the Kelsey Museum depicts the construction and early history of the first Aswam Dam, and serves as a preface to Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa.

Ancient Sudan: The Kingdom of Kush at Mero‘ (4th c. B.C. to 325 A.D.)
"Information and photos from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston."

Ancient Sudan: Nubia
Overview of the history and culture of the Sudan

nubianet
A comprehensive introduction to the geography, history and culture of Nubia.

Map of Ancient Nubia
"Courtesy of Bible History Online.

Graeco-Roman Papyrus Documents from Egypt
"A wealth of papyrus documents from the Graeco-Roman era have come to light on the daily lives of ancient people in Egypt, including their love letters and marriage contracts, tax and bank accounts, commodity lists, birth records, divorce cases, temple offerings, and most other conceivable types of memoranda, whether personal, financial, or religious." Courtesy of the Athena Review Vol.2, no.2.

Mons Claudianus
"Mons Claudianus was a quarrying settlement stuck out in the mountains of the Egyptian Eastern desert about midway between the Red Sea and the Nile." Care of : Simon Mallett & Lesley Whittle and Geoff, Dom and Jon.

Columbia University Excavations at Amheida University
"Columbia University's excavations at Amheida is a unique multidisciplinary project that innovatively links the sciences and the humanities."

The Pharos of Alexandria
By Colin Clement. History of the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

The Quseir al-Qadim Project
"This project focusses on the site of Quseir al-Qadim on the southern Egyptian Red Sea coast, and its surrounding landscape. The project is a collaboration between researchers from a number of institutions world wide and is particularly focussed on the sharing and representation of archaeological knowledge."

Ancient Coins of Egypt
Excerpted from Digital Historia Numerorum: A Manual of Greek Numismatics.

Coins of Roman Egypt
"One of the things that I enjoy most about the hobby of ancient coin collecting is the willingness of others to share their knowledge along with insight they have received from the coins in their collection. This website is my attempt to aid and encourage the discussion of Alexandrian coinage under the Romans, and to hopefully give something back. If I can be of help to you, or you have found an error on my site, please do not hesitate to email me."

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