Karanis, An Egyptian Town in Roman Times: Discoveries of the University of Michigan Expedition to Egypt (1924-1935) (Kelsey Museum Publication) - Softcover

Wilfong, Terry G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974187305 ISBN 13: 9780974187303

Publisher: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 2004

Synopsis

Karanis, a town in Egypt's Fayum region founded around 250 BC, housed a farming community with a diverse population and a complex material culture that lasted for hundreds of years. Ultimately abandoned and partly covered by the encroaching desert, Karanis eventually proved to be an extraordinarily rich archaeological site, yielding tens of thousands of artifacts and texts on papyrus that provide a wealth of information about daily life in the Roman-period Egyptian town. This volume tells of the history and culture of Karanis, and also provides a useful introduction to the University of Michigan's excavations between 1924 and 1935 and to the artifacts, archival records and photographs of the excavation that now form one of the major components of the collection of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

About this title

About the Author:

Elaine K. Gazda is Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology in the Department of the History of Art and Curator of Hellenistic and Roman Collections at the Kelsey Museum. She was Director of the Kelsey Museum from 1986 to 1997, Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology from 2006 to 2009, and head curator for the installation of the Kelsey's William E. Upjohn Exhibit Wing in 2009.

Review:

Karanis can be a very confusing site to the visitor... This is, therefore, the publication you have been waiting for...' (Robert Partridge Ancient Egypt Magazine 2006-01-00)

About this edition

• Publisher: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0974187305
• ISBN 13: 9780974187303
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 50
• Editor: Gazda Elaine K.