Rome in Egypt's Eastern Desert av Helene Cuvigny

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<p><b>A detailed archaeological study of life in Egypt''s Eastern desert during the Roman period by a leading scholar</b><br/><i>Rome in Egypt¿s Eastern Desert </i>is a two-volume set collecting H¿ne Cuvigny¿s most important articles on Egypt¿s Eastern desert during the Roman period. The excavations that she has directed have uncovered a wealth of material, including tens of thousands of texts written on pottery fragments (ostraca). Some of these are administrative texts, but many more are correspondence, both official and private, written by and to the people (mostly but not all men) who lived and worked in these remote and harsh environments, supported by an elaborate network of defense, administration and supply that tied the entire region together. The contents of <i>Rome in Egypt¿s Eastern Desert </i>have all been published earlier in peer-reviewed venues, but almost entirely in French. All of the contributions have been translated by the editor and brought up to date with respec