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Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson examines the economic life and multicultural society of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis in the era between Alexander and Augustus. Now thoroughly revised and updated, this masterful account is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient Egypt or the Hellenistic world.The relationship of the native population with the Greek-speaking immigrants is illustrated in Thompson's analysis of the position of Memphite priests within the Ptolemaic state. Egyptians continued to control mummification and the cult of the dead; the undertakers of the Memphite necropolis were barely touched by things Greek. The cult of the living Apis bull also remained primarily Egyptian; yet on death the bull, deified as Osorapis, became Sarapis for the Greeks. Within this god's sacred enclosure, the Sarapieion, is found a strange amalgam of Greek and Egyptian cultures.

Ptolemaic dynasty, --- Memphis (Extinct city) --- Memphis (Ville ancienne) --- Civilization. --- Civilisation --- Civilization --- Ptolemaic dynasty --- Ptolemaic dynasty,-305 B.C.-30 B.C. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Alexandria. --- Aphrodite priests. --- Apis calves. --- Black Sea region. --- Darius III. --- Eudoxos of Knidos. --- Hellenomemphites. --- Herme. --- Jeremiah, prophet. --- Kallikrates of Samos. --- Kom el Nawa. --- Leptines. --- Lykopolis. --- Memphite nome. --- Menes. --- Nubia and Nubians. --- Octavian. --- Persians. --- Red Sea, ports. --- acropolis. --- agriculture. --- bakers. --- burial rites. --- cereals. --- citadel. --- coronations. --- dockyards. --- dykes. --- fertility rites. --- foreign communities. --- fortune-telling. --- garrison troops. --- gymnasium. --- imports. --- investment, capital. --- irrigation. --- jewelry. --- limestone. --- mobility, social. --- musicians, priestess. --- ostraka. --- patronage. --- philosophers. --- pilgrims. --- priests. --- quarters of the city. --- sacrifices. --- shipbuilding. --- stoneworking. --- terracotta. --- violence. --- Egypt --- Antiquities --- Ptolemaic dynasty, - 305-30 B.C

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With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea - both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea - and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.

HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Sea-power --- Piracy --- Puissance maritime --- Piraterie --- History --- Histoire --- Ptolemaic dynasty, --- Egypt --- Mediterranean Sea --- Red Sea --- Nile River --- Rhodes (Greece) --- Egypte --- Méditerranée --- Rouge, Mer --- Nil (Fleuve) --- Rhodes (Grèce) --- History, Naval --- History. --- Relations --- Histoire navale --- History, Naval. --- Méditerranée --- Rhodes (Grèce) --- Dominion of the sea --- Military power --- Naval policy --- Navy --- Sea, Dominion of the --- Seapower --- Military readiness --- Naval art and science --- Naval history --- Naval strategy --- Navies --- Maritime piracy --- Offenses against public safety --- Rhodes (City) --- Rodi (Greece) --- Rodos (Greece) --- Ródhos (Greece) --- Rūdus (Greece) --- Rhodos (Greece) --- Erythraean Sea --- Sinus Arabicus --- Yam Suf --- Yam Sup --- Bahr en Nīl --- Nahr an Nīl --- Nīl River --- Nilus River --- Mare Nostrum --- Égypte --- Ägypten --- Egitto --- Egipet --- Egiptos --- Miṣr --- Southern Region (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) --- Egipat --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- A.R.E. --- ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Mitsrayim --- Egipt --- Ijiptʻŭ --- Misri --- Ancient Egypt --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- جمهورية مصر العربية --- مِصر‎ --- مَصر‎ --- Maṣr --- Khēmi --- エジプト --- Ejiputo --- Egypti --- Egypten --- מצרים --- United Arab Republic --- Arts and Humanities