Thursday, May 30, 2019

Bibliography of Herman te Velde

Bibliography of Herman te Velde

Bibliography

1. Review of: J. Zandee, Death as an Enemy according to Ancient Egyptian Conceptions (Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1960), in: Vox Theologica 31 (1961), 185–186. → pdf
2. Seth, God of Confusion. A Study of his Role in Egyptian Mythology and Religion. Probleme der Ägyptologie, Band 6 (Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1967).
   Reprinted (with some corrections) 1977.
   French translation: Seth, ou la divine confusion. Une étude de son rôle dans la mythologie et la religion égyptiennes. Traduction française par Christian Bégaint (Nîmes, Association du Gard, 2011 [privately printed]). → pdf
3. "The Egyptian God Seth as a Trickster", in: JARCE 7 (1968), 37–40. → pdf
4. "The God Heka in Egyptian Theology", in: JEOL 21 (1969–1970), 175–186. → pdf
5. "The Egyptian God Seth as a Trickster", in: Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Congress of Orientalists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 13th–19th August 1967 (Wiesbaden 1971), 50–51.
6. De Goede Dag der Oude Egyptenaren. Openbare les gegeven bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van gewoon lector in de Egyptische taal- en letterkunde aan de Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen op dinsdag 7 december 1971 (Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1971). → pdf
7. "Some Remarks on the Structure of Egyptian Divine Triads", in: JEA 57 (1971), 180–186. → pdf
8. "De zwaluw op de voorsteven van de oud-egyptische zonneboot", in: Babbels over en uit het Egyptologisch Instituut en het Instituut voor Semitistiek en Archeologie van het Nabije Oosten der Rijksuniversiteit Groningen ([Groningen] 1971), 51–58. → pdf
9. "The Swallow as Herald of Dawn in Ancient Egypt", in: Ex Orbe Religionum. Studia Geo Widengren XXIV Mense Apr. MCMLXXII quo die lustra tredecim feliciter explevit oblata ab collegis, discipulis, amicis, collegae magistro amico congratulatibus, Vol. I (Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1972), 26–31. → pdf
10. Review of: E. Hornung, Der Eine und die Vielen. Ägyptische Gottesvorstellungen (Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1971), in: Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift 26 (1972), 72–74. → pdf
11. "Egyptologisch veldwerk van de Universiteit van Pennsylvania te Dra Aboe'l Naga", in: Phœnix 19 (1973), 219–230. → pdf
12. "Dämonen", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. I, Lief. 7. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1974), 980–984. → pdf
13. "In Memoriam Dr. Cazemier", in: Phœnix 21 (1975), 3–4. → pdf
14. "Lofzegging en dankbaarheid in Oud-Egyptische zonneliederen", in: Gratias agimus. Opstellen over danken en loven, aangeboden aan Prof. Dr. W.F. Dankbaar (Groningen 1975), 130–134. → pdf
15. "Erntezeremonien", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. II, Lief. 1. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1975), 1–4. → pdf
16. "Geb", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. II, Lief. 3. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1976), 427–429. → pdf
17. "Horus und Seth", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. III, Lief. 1. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1977), 25–27. → pdf
18. "Horus imi-schenut", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. III, Lief. 1. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1977), 47–48. → pdf
19. "The Theme of the Separation of Heaven and Earth in Egyptian Mythology", in: Studia Aegyptiaca III (Budapest, 1977), 161–170. → pdf
20. "Iunmutef", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. III, Lief. 2. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1978), 212–213. → pdf
21. Review of: Christine Seeber, Untersuchungen zur Darstellung des Totengerichts im Alten Ägypten. MÄS 20 (München 1976), in: CdÉ 53 No. 106 (1978), 267–270. → pdf
22. "A Few Remarks upon the Religious Significance of Animals in Ancient Egypt", in: Numen 27 (1980), 76–82. → pdf
23. "Mittler", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. IV, Lief. 2. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1980), 162–163. → pdf
24. "Mut", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. IV, Lief. 2. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1980), 246–248. → pdf
25. "Towards a Minimal Definition of the Goddess Mut", in: JEOL 26 (1979–1980), 3–9. → pdf
26. "Ptah", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. IV, Lief. 8. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1982), 1177–1180. → pdf
27. "The Cat as Sacred Animal of the Goddess Mut", in: Studies in Egyptian Religion dedicated to Professor Jan Zandee (Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1982), 127–137. → pdf
28. "Commemoration in Ancient Egypt", in: Visible Religion. Annual for Religious Iconography I: Commemorative Figures. Papers presented to Dr Th. P. van Baaren on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, May 13, 1982 (Leiden 1981), 135–153. → pdf
29. "Some Aspects of the God Shu", in: JEOL 27 (1981–1982), 23–28. → pdf
30. "Van bies tot boekrol: Papyrus en Egypte", in: Maandblad Kerk en Wereld (Februari 1983), 3.
31. "De Zegeningen van Ptah-Tatenen. Een Egyptische koningsinscriptie uit de 13e eeuw v. Chr.", in: Schrijvend Verleden. Documenten uit het Oude Nabije Oosten vertaald en toegelicht. Uitgegeven door K.R. Veenhof. MVEOL [24] (Leiden/Zutphen, 1983), 355–360. → pdf
32. "Schu", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. V, Lief. 5. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1984), 735–737. → pdf
33. "Seth", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. V, Lief. 6. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1982), 908–911. → pdf
34. "Relations and Conflicts between Egyptian Gods, particularly in the Divine Ennead of Heliopolis", in: Struggles of Gods. Papers of the Groningen Work Group for the Study of the History of Religions, edited by H.G. Kippenberg in association with H.J.W. Drijvers and Y. Kuiper (Berlin/New York/Amsterdam, 1984), 239–257. → pdf
35. "Persoonlijke devotie in het oude Egypte", in: Eender en Anders. Tentoonstelling ter viering van het vijftigjarig bestaan van het Allard Pierson Museum (Amsterdam, 1984), 119–123. → pdf
36. "Frankfort and Religious Symbols", in: Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 27 (1985), 111–122. → pdf
37. "Typhon", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. VI, Lief. 6. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1985), 816–817. → pdf
38. "Mut, the Eye of Re", in: Fourth International Congress of Egyptology, Munich 26 August – 1 September 1985, herausgegeben von Sylvia Schoske (München, 1985), 250.
39. "Scribes and Literacy in Ancient Egypt", in: Scripta Signa Vocis. Studies about Scripts, Scriptures, Scribes and Languages in the Near East, presented to J.H. Hospers by his pupils, colleagues and friends. Edited by H.L.J. Vanstiphout, K. Jongeling, F. Leemhuis and G.J. Reinink (Groningen, 1986), 253–264. → pdf
40. "Egyptian Hieroglyphs as Signs, Symbols and Metaphors", in: Visible Religion. Annual for Religious Iconography IV–V (1985–1986): Approaches to Iconology (Leiden 1986), 63–72. → pdf
41. "Zeremonialbart", in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie Bd. VI, Lief. 9. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Helck und Wolfhart Westendorf (Wiesbaden, 1986), 1396–1397. → pdf
42. "Funerary Mythology", in: Mummies & Magic. The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Edited by Sue D'Auria, Peter Lacovara, Catharine H. Roehrig (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1988), 27–37. → pdf
43. "Mut, the Eye of Re", in: Akten des Vierten Internationalen Ägyptologen Kongresses, München 1985, Band 3 = BSAK 3 (Hamburg 1988), 395–403. → pdf
44. "Some Remarks on the Mysterious Language of the Baboons", in: Funerary Symbols and Religion. Essays dedicated to Professor M.S.H.G. Heerma van Voss on the occasion of his retirement from the Chair of the History of Ancient Religions at the University of Amsterdam. Edited by J.H. Kamstra, H. Milde, K. Wagtendonk (Kampen 1988), 129–101. → pdf
45. "Egyptian Hieroglyphs as Linguistic Signs and Metalinguistic Informants", in: Visible Religion. Annual for Religious Iconography VI [1987] (Leiden 1988), 169–179. → pdf
46. "Some Remarks on the Concept 'Person' in the Ancient Egyptian Culture", in: Concepts of Person in Religion and Thought. Edited by H.G. Kippenberg, Y.B. Kuiper, A.F. Sanders (Berlin/New York 1990), 83–101. → pdf
47. "Some Egyptian Deities and their Piggishness", in: Sesto Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia/Sixth International Congress of Egyptology, Turin, 1st–8th September 1991. Abstracts of Papers (Turin 1991), 404–405.
48. "Kulturkritik und Religionsreform im Alten Ägypten nach Gerardus van der Leeuw", in: Religionswissenschaft und Kulturkritik. Beiträge zur Konferenz 'The History of Religions and Critique of Culture in the Days of Gerardus van der Leeuw (1890–1950)'. Herausgegeben von Hans G. Kippenberg und Brigitte Luchesi (Marburg 1991), 93–99. → pdf
49. "Over wereldbeeld en ruimtebegrip der oude Egyptenaren", in: Groniek. Historisch Tijdschrift 112–113 (1991), 8–22. → pdf
50. "Some Egyptian Deities and their Piggishness", in: Studia Aegyptiaca XIV: The Intellectual Heritage of Egypt. Studies presented to Laszlo Kakosy by friends and colleagues on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Edited by Ulrich Luft (Budapest 1992), 571–578. → pdf
51a. "De Oud-egyptische levensbeschouwing en funeraire mythologie", in: De horizon van het Westen. De dodencultus in het oude Egypte. Uitgave bij de Egyptische collectie in het Volkenkundig Museum 'Gerardus van der Leeuw' te Groningen (Groningen, 1993), 8–10.
51b. "Mummies en mummificatie in het oude Egypte" (with Liesbeth Grotenhuis), in: idem, 46–48.
51c. "Het verhaal van de Groninger mummie" (under pseudonym 'Janus'), in: idem, 75–77.
52. "Theology, Priests, and Worship in Ancient Egypt", in: Jack M. Sasson (ed.), Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, Vol. III (New York, 1995), 1731–1735, 1740–1745, 1747–1749.
   Reprinted: Peabody, MA, 2001. → pdf
53. "The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt" (with Jacobus van Dijk), in: Jack M. Sasson (ed.), Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, Vol. III (New York, 1995), 1736–1740.
   Reprinted: Peabody, MA, 2001. → pdf
54. "The End of a Religious Tradition: the Case of Egypt", in: C.J. Eyre (ed.), Seventh International Congress of Egyptologists, Cambridge 3–9 September 1995. Abstracts of Papers (Oxford 1995), 192–193.
55. "Het oude Egypte", in: De wereld van Papyrus: Egypte in stripverhaal. – Volkenkundig Museum 'Gerardus van der Leeuw' (Groningen, [1995]), 8–10. → pdf
56a. "Bastet", in: K. van der Toorn, B. Becking, P.W. van der Horst (eds.), Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (Leiden/New York/Köln, Brill, 1995), 312–315.
   Second edition, extensively revised (Leiden/Boston/Köln, Brill - Grand Rapids, Michigan/Cambridge, UK, W.B. Eerdmans, 1999), 164–165. → pdf
56b. "Bes", in: idem, 330–331.
   Second edition, 173. → pdf
56c. "Khonsu", in: idem, 903.
   Second edition, 481. → pdf
56d. "Nile", in: idem, 1179–1180.
   Second edition, 626–627. → pdf
57. "Op reis naar het paradijs van de oude Egyptenaren", in: Meander. Reizen op schrift nr. 11 (Oktober 1996), 14–16. → pdf
58. "Harry Mulisch en zijn 'De Ontdekking van de Hemel'", in: Goffe Jensma & Yme Kuiper (red.), De god van Nederland is de beste. Elf opstellen over religie in de moderne Nederlandse literatuur (Kampen, Kok Agora, 1997), 156–168. → pdf
59. Het einde van de Oudegyptische religieuze traditie. Rede uitgesproken bij het afscheid als hoogleraar Egyptologie bij de Faculteit der Letteren en hoogleraar Godsdienstgeschiedenis van het Oude Egypte bij de Faculteit der Godgeleerdheid en Godsdienstwetenschap van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen op dinsdag 4 november 1997 (Groningen [1998]). → pdf
60. "Mut and Other Ancient Egyptian Goddesses", in: Jacke Phillips et al. (ed.), Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East: Studies in Honour of Martha Rhoads Bell, Vol. I (San Antonio, Texas, 1998), 455–462. → pdf
61. "Mut", in: D. B. Redford (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt Vol. 2 (New York, 2001), 454–455.
   Reprinted in: D. B. Redford (ed.), The Ancient Gods Speak. A Guide to Egyptian Religion (Oxford/New York, 2002), 237–239. This title reissued in paperback as The Oxford Guide to Egyptian Mythology (Oxford/New York, 2003). → pdf
62. "Seth", in: D. B. Redford (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt Vol. 3 (New York, 2001), 269–271.
   Reprinted in: D. B. Redford (ed.), The Ancient Gods Speak. A Guide to Egyptian Religion (Oxford/New York, 2002), 309–311. This title reissued in paperback as The Oxford Guide to Egyptian Mythology (Oxford/New York, 2003). → pdf
63a. "Het oude Egypte en de Oudegyptische literatuur", in: Schrift 197 (oktober 2001), 131–133.
63b. "De verwantschap van Oudegyptische en bijbelse teksten", in: idem, 135–138.
64. "The History of the Study of Ancient Egyptian Religion and its Future", in: Zahi Hawass (ed.), Egyptology at the Dawn of the twenty-first Century. Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, Cairo, 2000 (Cairo/New York 2002), 42–47. → pdf
65. "De symboliek van apen en bavianen in de Oud-Egyptische cultuur en religie", in: Phœnix 48/1 (2002), 25–45. → pdf
66. "Looking at the Condemning Heart of 1 John 3, 18–20 through the Eyes of an Ancient Egyptian", in: A. Hilhorst and G.H. van Kooten (ed.), The Wisdom of the Egyptians. Jewish, Early Christian, and Gnostic Essays in Honour of Gerard P. Luttikhuizen. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, 59 (Leiden, 2005), 217–225.
67. "Human Sacrifice in Ancient Egypt", in: Jan N. Bremmer (ed.), The Strange World of Human Sacrifice. Studies in the History and Anthropology of Religion, 1 (Leuven/Paris/Dudley, Peeters, 2007), 127–134.
68. Review of: J. Assmann, Thomas Mann und Ägypten. Mythos und Monotheismus in den Josephsromanen (München, C.H. Beck, 2006), and idem, Monotheismus und die Sprache der Gewalt, Wiener Vorlesungen Bd. 116 (Wien, Picus Verlag, 2006), in: Nexus 48 (2007), 195–198. → pdf
69. "The Goddess Mut and the Vulture", in: Sue H. D'Auria (ed.), Servant of Mut. Studies in Honor of Richard A. Fazzini. Probleme der Ägyptologie, 28 (Leiden/Boston, 2008), 242–245. → pdf
70. "The Inscriptions: Transcription, Translation, and Commentary" (with Jean-Claude Goyon and Jacobus van Dijk), in: Richard A. Fazzini and Jacobus van Dijk (eds.), The First Pylon of the Mut Temple, South Karnak: Architecture, Decoration, Inscriptions. The Brooklyn Museum Expedition to the Precinct of Mut at South Karnak. OLA 236 (Leuven/Paris/Bristol CT, 2015), 19–50.


Interviews

"Een klassiek egyptoloog is allergisch voor 'alles met piramiden'. Prof. dr. Herman te Velde, schriftgeleerde" [door Jan Fred van Wijnen], in: Vrij Nederland, 57e jrg. nr. 50, 14 dec. 1996, 18–20. → pdf
"'Hé, daar is Seth'. Hoogleraar egyptologie Herman te Velde neemt afscheid" [door John Hermse], in: UK - Universiteitskrant Groningen, 26e jrg. nr. 9, 30 okt. 1997, 11. → pdf

Abbreviations

BiOr Bibliotheca Orientalis
BSAK Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur. Beihefte
CdÉ Chronique d'Égypte
JARCE Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt
JEA Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
JEOL Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux
MVEOL Mededelingen en Verhandelingen Ex Oriente Lux
OLA Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta
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Monks and Monastic Communities in the Eastern Mediterranean

Monks and Monastic Communities in the Eastern Mediterranean
 
This page aims to bring various aspects of ancient monasticism closer to the community of scholars and wider audience as well.
In 2016 we have started a research program devoted to monks and monastic communities in the Eastern Mediterranean from the fourth until eight centuries AD, funded by the National Science Centre, grant no. 2015/18/A/HS3/00485.
The emergence of the monastic movement in the fourth century was also the birth of a new spiritual, social and economic power which soon was to become one of the key elements of late antique culture and history. Rejecting values and pleasures cherished by the society, monks and monastic communities sought to set the example of an austere life devoted to God’s service. The monastic milieu, deeply immersed in biblical culture, developed remarkable patterns of communication and transmission of tradition, which found their expression in literary works and everyday writing. Monks transformed the space they lived in by creating unique types of habitat; some of them shaped the environment anew while others entered into a dialogue with the remains of the past. As the monastic movement grew and developed, it became inevitably entangled in ‘worldly affairs’ it tried so hard to escape. The institutional Church with its bishops, the State with the emperor and an army of officials and, last but not least, the nuanced, layered and sometimes fickle society all influenced the monastic movement and were, in their turn, influenced by it.
What remains behind is a mass of sources–architectural monuments, historical narratives, religious writings, legal regulations, letters and documents–which tell us how monks and their communities lived, thought, prayed, worked and made business. We would not dare to dream of gathering and analysing them all; instead, the task we set ourselves is much more modest. In our project, we take a close look at monastic communities of the fourth–eight century Eastern Mediterranean (Constantinople, Syria, Palestine, Egypt), trying to understand various aspects of their functioning, from the very birth of monasticism in the fourth century to the period during and immediately after the Arab conquest (seventh–eighth century).
This website collects information on our team, research plans and obtained results. Please, feel welcome to explore!
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The Theban Necropolis Preservation Initiative

The Theban Necropolis Preservation Initiative
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Under the supervision of the Ministry of Antiquities, Factum Foundation partnered with the University of Basel to develop a project dedicated to promoting sustainable tourism and ensuring the continuous study and monitoring of the tombs of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

The Theban Necropolis Preservation Initiative (TNPI) initially recorded and rematerialized the tomb of Tutankhamun and is currently working on the facsimile of the tomb of Seti I.

The initiative also focused on the restoration of Hassan Fathy´s Stoppelaere House, situated at the entrance to the Valley of the Kings, and its rehabilitation as a training centre equipped with the technology to record heritage.The Centre will be operated by trained, local technicians.

The final and most ambitious phase involves the building of training workshops for local artisans to manufacture the high-resolution facsimiles of tombs.
EXPLORE
High-resolution image viewer of the tomb of Tutankhamun
Virtual tour of the tomb of Seti I
3D video animation of the Sarcophagus of Seti I
EXHIBITIONS
Egypt Uncovered Sir John Soane´s Museum (October 11th, 2017 - Apr 15th, 2018)
Scanning Seti Antikenmuseum Basel (October 29th, 2017 - May 6th 2018)
The Authorized Facsimile of the Burial Chamber of Tutankhamun (since 2014)
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2018 The Sarcophagus of Seti I - re-materialisation (article)
2017 Two hundred years in the life of the tomb (booklet)
2017 Scanning Seti (article)
2017 Scanning Seti (exhibition catalogue, in German)
2016 TNPI Progress (report)
2015 Nicholas Reeves´s The burial of Nefertiti (article)
2014 The Authorized Facsimile (exhibition catalogue)
2012 The Facsimile of the Burial chamber of Tutankhamun (report)
2009 TNPI report on the work completed (English / Arabic)
2002 Recording Seti (book)
VIDEOS
2019 CBS News on the rematerialisation of the tomb of Seti I
2013 BBC report on the facsimile of the tomb of Tutankhamun
2013 Making the Tutankhamun facsimile
2013 The finalized Tutankhamun facsimile

The Theban Necropolis Preservation Initiative Summary

2009-2017

Facsimile of the Tomb of Seti I

2017

Restoration of Stoppelaëre House

2017

Seti Exhibition

2016-2018

Facsimile of the Tomb of Tutankhamun

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The Roman Bastards Database

The Roman Bastards Database
The Roman Bastards database holds all the papyrological, epigraphic and legal evidence concerning illegitimate children in the Roman Empire up to the reign of Constantine the Great. You can find tips on searching the database here.
This database is still under construction. Please be patient and check by frequently to see additions we may have added since.
‘The Legal and Social Status of Extramarital Children in the Roman Empire Up to the Reign of Constantine the Great” is a three-year project, which will investigate papyrological, epigraphic and jurisprudential evidence concerning illegitimate children, dated from Augustus to Constantine. Our dataset shall fasciliate examining frequency of occurance and distribution of the above-mentioned attestations in time and space. The data used in our research will be collected and arranged into a form of a searchable database comprising individuals from all over the Roman Empire who are directly or indirectly described as illegitimate. Each person has his or her own record containing name, terms used to characterized him or her, attestations, role in particular document, occupation, provenance, date, status civitatis, sex and the names of the mother, father, siblings and his or her children.

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The Monasteries and Monks of Nubia

The Monasteries and Monks of Nubia
Artur Obłuski
Translated by Dorota Dzierzbicka
WARSAW 2019
Journal of Juristic Papyrology Supplement 36 
ISBN: 978–83–946848–6–0
The aim of this book is to present the material record of Nubian monasticism in a systematic manner and to conduct a comparative analysis of this phenomenon. This book also addresses several fundamental issues, for instance the presence of various forms of monasticism (hermitages, laurae and coenobitic monasteries) in Nubia and their spatial organisation. The source base for reconstructing the monastic movement in Nubia, or rather life in individual monasteries, is largely archaeological and epigraphic. In order to analyse sources regarding Nubian monasteries, it is necessary to place them in the wider perspective of the Christian monastic movement – a new social phenomenon never before or after repeated in the history of humankind. Looking beyond Nubia is motivated not only by the desire to find reference points in centres that influenced the formation of the Nubian civilisation, but also because such parallels are indispensable for the interpretation of archaeological finds. One of the fundamental questions posed repeatedly in this book concerns the models that inspired the creators of monastic communities in Nubia. The geographic arguments point primarily to Egypt, but other regions of the Late Antique East should not be ruled out prematurely. We have, for instance, sound evidence for Syrian influence on the culture of Christian Nubia, especially liturgy. Also Constantinople, a core region of the Eastern Mediterranean and the imperial capital, must be considered as a possible source of inspiration. This book also addresses several fundamental issues, for instance the presence of various forms of monasticism (hermitages, laurae and coenobitic monasteries) in Nubia and their spatial organisation. Thus far, attempts to characterise Nubian monasticism in a synthetic manner have taken the form of short articles (Godlewski 2013; 2015) limited mostly to discussion of architectural features. In addition, with the notable exception of Adam Łajtar’s ad-hoc publications spurred by the emergence of new evidence, no study published to date collects and discusses the various titles associated with the monastic milieu, investigating who stood at the head of coenobitic communities, what their internal organisation was like, and how the monastic, ecclesiastical and spiritual hierarchies were intertwined. Another area in need of investigation is the relationship between Nubian monks and society, including the roles they played in lay communities and whether they really ‘abandoned’ the world at large. The book seeks to determine whether the Nubian elites perceived monastics as a threat to their dominant position in the social hierarchy, or rather collaborated with monks, taking advantage of the fact that monasteries offered human resources with highly esteemed and useful skills that proved helpful, if not indispensable, in managing non-monastic communities ranging from individual settlements to the state.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Digital Maps of the Ancient World: Mapping the Ancient World little by little…

Digital Maps of the Ancient World: Mapping the Ancient World little by little…
The aim of this platform is to map out the Ancient World in as many aspects as possible. This website and subsequent content came about from my wife, parents and a few of my pupils asking to have access to the maps, which had been created to use as part of my Classics syllabus.
The maps are an ongoing process and so are not complete but I do hope that you will find them useful; for the classroom, personal interest or just to double check a specific place or site.
I would very much welcome feedback on any of the content featured in these maps and especially if anyone would like to contribute with photographs or definitions.
I hope you enjoy!



And see AWOL's Roundup of Resources on Ancient Geography

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Open Access Journal: Trypillian Civilization Journal

Trypillian Civilization Journal
ISSN 2155-871X
rypillia Culture is an archaeological name for the Copper Age civilization that existed on the territory of present-day Ukraine. This cultural complex is also known as Cucuteni on the territory of Romania. 
Trypillia Culture was discovered at the second half of XIX century and named after the small village of Trypillia (south of Kyiv, Ukraine) by archaeologist Vikenty Khvoika (1850-1914). From that moment on, the territory of Ukraine became a homeland to one of the most ancient civilizations - The Trypillian Civilization, which flourished on her territory between approximately 7,000  to 5,000 years back in history.
Independently this culture was discovered on the territory of Romania near village Cucuteni by Teodor T. Burada in year 1884.
For our purposes we are going to use name Trypillia or Cucuteni as internationally recognized term for this culture. When the subject of the article is about studies related to the Ukrainian territory only it is accepted to use name Trypillia for short, which is also generally accepted among Ukrainian researches.
The main purpose of this Internet site is to educate the world about The Trypillian Civilization and to stimulate multidisciplinary study of the origin of Trypillian people through the collections of articles, books, reproductions of artifacts, videos, lists of references, numerous links and other educational material. 
Welcome to the studies and the discovery of the Trypillian Civilization!


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