Resurrection in Alexandria : the painted Greco-Roman tombs of Kom al-Shuqafa / Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets, André Pelle, Mervat Seif el-Din ; introduction by Jean-Yves Empereur ; English translation by Colin Clement.

By:

Guimier-Sorbets, Anne-Marie [author.]

Contributor(s):

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789774168291
9774168291

Uniform titles:

Renaître avec Osiris et Perséphone English.

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DDC classification:

932 23 G963

LOC classification:

DT73.A4 G8513 2017

Contents:

A revelation in four acts -- Photographing the invisible -- Architecture and iconography.

Summary: In the Greco-Roman catacombs of Alexandria, uniquely decorated tombs from the time when religious boundaries blurred and syncretistic beliefs flourished have long been known. But it was only in 1993 that researchers discovered faint traces of paintings on walls previously thought to be blank, or underneath other painted scenes: the hidden scenes could be partly made out and photographed using ultraviolet light. Then in 2012, new computer technology was used to reveal the lost images and colors even more clearly. Here the team present, examine, and interpret what they found, teasing meaning and intent from the alternating scenes of Greek and Egyptian mythology, as employed by the citizens of a multicultural Alexandria at the beginning of the second century CE, in pursuit of a happy afterlife.

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كتاب

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-169).

A revelation in four acts -- Photographing the invisible -- Architecture and iconography.

In the Greco-Roman catacombs of Alexandria, uniquely decorated tombs from the time when religious boundaries blurred and syncretistic beliefs flourished have long been known. But it was only in 1993 that researchers discovered faint traces of paintings on walls previously thought to be blank, or underneath other painted scenes: the hidden scenes could be partly made out and photographed using ultraviolet light. Then in 2012, new computer technology was used to reveal the lost images and colors even more clearly. Here the team present, examine, and interpret what they found, teasing meaning and intent from the alternating scenes of Greek and Egyptian mythology, as employed by the citizens of a multicultural Alexandria at the beginning of the second century CE, in pursuit of a happy afterlife.