From the Fjords to the Nile : essays in honour of Richard Holton Pierce on his 80th birthday / edited by Pål Steiner, Alexandros Tsakos and Eivind Heldaas Seland. [electronic resource]

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TextLanguage: English, French Summary language: English Series: Archaeopress archaeologyPublisher: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapISBN:

9781784917777 (e-book)

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: From the Fjords to the Nile : essays in honour of Richard Holton Pierce on his 80th birthday.DDC classification:

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D57 .F76 2018

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Contents:

Nubians move from the margins to the center of their history / László Török -- Potsherds on the grave : On burial traditions in the Renk area, South Sudan / Else Johansen Kleppe -- Reconstructing a codex with the Coptic Encomia on Apa Victor / Alexandros Tsakos -- Bridging Gaps : Archaeological sources and resources in museums / Saphinaz-Amal Naguib -- "Egypt and the recalcitrant Pharaoh" : Origin and function of a biblical motif / Kåre Berge -- A "Sayings Gospel" attested at Nag Hammadi / Einar Thomassen -- Chaotic mothers and creepy shadows : Metaphors of procreation and vision in On the origin of the world (NHC II, 5) / Ingvild Saelid Gilhus -- Liquid images and the poetics of vision in ancient Greece / Jørgen Bakke -- Umm Gumyāna and the Zār / Richard Johan Natvig -- Trade and religion in the Central Sahara : The Ibadis and Kawar / Knut Vikør -- Fluidite et fixite dans les neotextes numeriques / Daniel Apollon.

Summary: From the Fjords to the Nile brings together essays by students and colleagues of Richard Holton Pierce (b. 1935), presented on the occasion of his 80th birthday. It covers topics on the ancient world and the Near East. Pierce is Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Bergen. Starting out as an expert in Egyptian languages, and of law in Greco-Roman Egypt, his professional interest has spanned from ancient Nubia and Coptic Egypt, to digital humanities and game theory. His contributions as scholar, teacher, supervisor and informal advisor to Norwegian studies in Egyptology, classics, archaeology, history, religion, and linguistics through more than five decades can hardly be overstated.

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From the Fjords to the Nile brings together essays by students and colleagues of Richard Holton Pierce (b. 1935), presented on the occasion of his 80th birthday. It covers topics on the ancient world and the Near East. Pierce is Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Bergen. Starting out as an expert in Egyptian languages, and of law in Greco-Roman Egypt, his professional interest has spanned from ancient Nubia and Coptic Egypt, to digital humanities and game theory. His contributions as scholar, teacher, supervisor and informal advisor to Norwegian studies in Egyptology, classics, archaeology, history, religion, and linguistics through more than five decades can hardly be overstated.

10 articles in English and one in French, with an English abstract.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.