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The Ptolemaic Rule over Egypt: The Chora
-- Outside of Alexandria or the Greek Cities

The Ptolemaic Rule over Egypt: The Chora
-- Outside of Alexandria or the Greek Cities

• --- Das Dorf Samareia im griechisch-römischen Ägypten. Eine papyrologische Untersuchung
  From: Dieter Hagedorn :
  Die 1996 in Heidelberg entstandenen Magisterarbeit von Clemens Kuhs "Das Dorf Samareia im griechisch-römischen Ägypten. Eine papyrologische Untersuchung" ist jetzt im .pdf-Format in elektronischer Form publiziert worden und kann über das Internet unter der Adresse http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/479 eingesehen werden. Voraussetzung ist, daß der benutzte WWW-Browser (d.h. Netscape oder Internet Explorer) über ein Acrobat-Plugin verfügt. In einer .pdf-Datei kann man nach jedem beliebigen Wort suchen. Die Datei kann auch ausgedruckt werden oder auf den lokalen Computer heruntergeladen werden, um dort mit dem (kostenlosen) Programm "Acrobat Reader" gelesen zu werden.
  The 1996 Heidelberg masters thesis of Clemens Kuhs The village Samareia in Greco-Roman Egypt. A Papyrological Examination has now been published in the PDF format (in electronic form) and can obtained over the Internet from the URL http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/479. To read it you will need a WWW-Browser (i.e. Netscape or Internet Explorer) with the Adobe Acrobat plugin. In a PDF file, one can search for each and any word. The file can also be printed out or can be down-loaded to a local computer, and using the (free) Acrobat Reader can be examined later.
  See the Copyright information for this work at http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/doku/urheberrecht.html

• --- Valley of Golden Mummies (25 Jul 1999). A brief look at the breath-taking find of a colossal mummy cemetery in the Egyptian desert has sparked world wide interest. From Egypt Online.

• --- Rigby's World Of Egypt: Edfu, Kom Ombo and Philae Temples
  From Rigby's World Of Egypt site. Contains very, very nice images from a visit to the Edfu Temple site. See also pages for Philae and Kom Ombo.
• --- Virtual Tour Info: EDFU - KOM OMBO - ESNA - KALABSHA - DAKKA & MAHARRAKA - PHILAE
  (In Dutch). This is the illustrated itinerary based on a virtual Nile cruise of Egypt that includes the Ptolemaic and Greco-Roman temples at Edfu, Kom Ombo, Esna, Kalabsha (New Site), Dakka & Maharraka, and Philae. The temples are illustrated including detailed floor plans and historical reviews of the sites' histories.
  

  EDFU
  KOM OMBO
  ESNA
  KALABSHA (NEW SITE) DAKKA & MAHARRAKA PHILAE

  It's worth exploring the rest of the virtual Nile cruise site so start here: Egypt Travel Information And Virtual Egyptology (by amateur-Egyptologist Faroek) for an English version (some parts of the site are not yet translated from the Dutch)

• --- The Temple of Kom Ombo
  A short paragraph on the temple. Contains a few interesting photographs. From Akhet Internet.
• --- Archaeological Survey in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Sites of the Ptolemaic Period
• --- The Fayoum
  A pictorial guide to the region and its oasis.

• --- Ruins of Karanis at Kom Ushim
  Located at Fayoum (Fayium) and founded during the reign of Ptolemy II in the 3rd century BCE, the city of Karanis was built around a temple to the god Petesuchos, a crocodile god.

• --- Place Names From The Papyrus Records
  Place Names: The following is a list of some place names used in the papyrus records.
  NB: Not all villages have been included.
• --- Berenike: Roman Trade on the Red Sea Coast of Egypt
  By Jason Baldridge (June 1995) Berenike: Roman Trade on the Red Sea Coast of Egypt. Topics covered are: Historical Background; the Red Sea Ports and Trade with Other Regions; Early Investigations at Berenike; Contemporary Investigations; the 1994 Season; the 1995 Season; Bibliography
• --- Berenice on the Red Sea
  The ancient Red Sea port city of Berenice, named by Ptolemy II Philadelphos after his mother, became a trading port in 275 BCE.
• --- Berenice: Ancient Port Offers Modern Trade Lessons
  From University of Delaware (1-Nov-96).
  Description: Elephants, gold, singing boys and a host of other commodities moved through the Ptolemaic-Roman port of Berenike, at the edge of Egypt's mountainous Eastern Desert, from at least the third century BCE until the late fifth or sixth centuries -- much longer than previously assumed, largely because of wind patterns, but also because entrepreneurs "kept their overhead costs low to maximize profits."
  Contacts: Steven E. Sidebotham, Professor of History University of Delaware, tel (302) 831-2371 or (302) 831-8200; e-mail steven.sidebotham@mvs.udel.edu or
  Ginger Pinholster, Office of Public Relations University of Delawar, tel (302) 831-8220; e-mail ginger.pinholster@mvs.udel.edu
• --- Edfu: The Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu
  Images and text copyright 1991& 1996, The University of Memphis.
• --- The Ptolemaic Temple of Isis
  
  Images and text copyright 1991& 1996, The University of Memphis.
• --- Crocodile-Headed God Sobek from Kom Ombo Temple
  Images and text copyright 1991& 1996, The University of Memphis.

Bibliographic Notes:
The Ptolemaic Rule over Egypt: The Chora -- Outside of Alexandria or the Greek Cities

Thompson, Dorothy J: Memphis Under the Ptolemies. Dorothy J. Thompson, Princeton University Press [1989], 376 pp; ill., Bibliography: p 299-323, ISBN: 0691035938 Includes index Order This book from Amazon.com or see the review of the book posted there.

Heinen, Heinz: Untersuch. zur hellenist. Geschichte des 3. Jhdts. v. Chr. Zeit des Ptol. Keraunos und zum chremonideischen Krieg. Wiesb. 1972. 229 S. Bibl.-HLn. Historia. Einzelschr. 20

Wolff, Hans Julius: Das Justizwesen der Ptolemäer Mchn. 1952. 220 S. Priv.-HLn. Münchener Beitr.

Huss, Werner: Untersuchungen zur Aussenpolitik Ptolemaios' IV. Mchn. 1876. 304 S. OKart. (Schn. etw. fl.)

• --- Life in the Hellenistic City
  Lots of links to small images.
• --- Philae Temple
  A short paragraph on the temple. Contains a few interesting photographs. From Akhet Internet.

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