Alexandria of Egypt, The Divine Cosmopolis Religion, Urban Topography, and Material Culture in the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods
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Title: Alexandria of Egypt, The Divine Cosmopolis Religion, Urban Topography, and Material Culture in the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods
Author: Kyriakos Savvopoulos
Category: Ancient History, History, Religion & Spirituality
Language: English | 282 Pages | ISBN: 9781040727454
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This is the first book dedicated to Alexandria's religious world, reconstructing its sacred topography, material culture, and ritual life across seven centuries from the establishment of the Ptolemaic Kingdom through its transformation under Roman imperial rule, up to the twilight of pagan antiquity.
It offers a systematic, evidence-based reconstruction of religious life in ancient Alexandria, examining the emergence of a structured 'sacred confederation' of cults under the Ptolemies, the mechanics of ruler worship and sacred kingship, and the formation of a distinctive Alexandrian religious identity from both Greek and Egyptian traditions. The study extends into the Roman period, tracing the transformation of the city's major sanctuaries, the richness of its civic and funerary culture, and glimpses of domestic cult and folk practice where the material record allows. Drawing on architecture, sculpture, inscriptions, funerary art, and recent underwater and salvage discoveries, the study treats material evidence as an independent record of religious life rather than an illustration of ancient literary sources – a methodological approach that repeatedly challenges and revises the city's inherited scholarly image.
Alexandria of Egypt, The Divine Cosmopolis is suitable for students and scholars of Hellenistic and Roman archaeology and history, Egyptian archaeology and Egyptology, and ancient religion. It is also of interest to researchers working on sacred topography, multicultural urbanism, and the archaeology of religion in the ancient Mediterranean world.
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This is the first book dedicated to Alexandria's religious world, reconstructing its sacred topography, material culture, and ritual life across seven centuries from the establishment of the Ptolemaic Kingdom through its transformation under Roman imperial rule, up to the twilight of pagan antiquity.
It offers a systematic, evidence-based reconstruction of religious life in ancient Alexandria, examining the emergence of a structured 'sacred confederation' of cults under the Ptolemies, the mechanics of ruler worship and sacred kingship, and the formation of a distinctive Alexandrian religious identity from both Greek and Egyptian traditions. The study extends into the Roman period, tracing the transformation of the city's major sanctuaries, the richness of its civic and funerary culture, and glimpses of domestic cult and folk practice where the material record allows. Drawing on architecture, sculpture, inscriptions, funerary art, and recent underwater and salvage discoveries, the study treats material evidence as an independent record of religious life rather than an illustration of ancient literary sources – a methodological approach that repeatedly challenges and revises the city's inherited scholarly image.
Alexandria of Egypt, The Divine Cosmopolis is suitable for students and scholars of Hellenistic and Roman archaeology and history, Egyptian archaeology and Egyptology, and ancient religion. It is also of interest to researchers working on sacred topography, multicultural urbanism, and the archaeology of religion in the ancient Mediterranean world.
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