"This is the most important and original study of literacy and the function of writing in ancient society to have appeared in the last twenty years. In a master
This book brings together a vast amount of information pertaining to the society, economy, and culture of a province important to understanding the entire easte
Since its first publication in 1995, Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History has proved to be an invaluable resource for students of the ancient world looking t
For the past hundred years, much has been written about the early editions of Christian texts discovered in the region that was once Roman Egypt. Scholars have
The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest
