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The architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, c. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700

Lavishly illustrated with new plans of the city in the Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine periods, reconstruction drawings and photographs, this book brings to life the ancient city and uncovers the true extent of its architectural legacy in the Mediterranean world
eBook, English, ©2007
Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., ©2007
Electronic books
1 online resource (xx, 458 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color))
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pt. 1. The setting. How ancient Alexandria was lost
Reconstructing the plan of ancient Alexandria : the archaeological evidence
pt. 2. Ptolemaic period. Ptolemaic Alexandria : buildings erected from the late fourth century to the mid-first century BC
Cleopatra's Alexandria, and the Roman conquest
Classical architectural style of Ptolemaic Alexandria and its depiction
Traditional Egyptian architecture
pt. 3. Roman period. Classical architecture in the cities and towns of Roman Egypt
Roman Alexandria
Classical architectural style of Roman Alexandria and Egypt
pt. 4. Late antique (Byzantine) period. The churches of late antique Alexandria : the written sources
Church buildings in late antique Egypt : the archaeological evidence
Architectural scholarship and education in Alexandria
Influence of Alexandria on Byzantine architecture outside Egypt
Pictorial tradition of Alexandrian architecture in Byzantine and early Islamic art
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