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This work presents a summary of documents of a diverse nature and provenance (stelae, papyri, short literary stories; Egyptian, Greek and Roman) contributing to a better understanding of the true meaning of the hydronim 'Nile'. These... more
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El 'río de Nun' y el '(César) Nilo de Egipto': del mito egipcio a la concordia política romana. La inserción de JE 48862 y P.Brooklyn 47.218.84 en el tema En un relato literario compuesto en la dinastía XXI -o ya en la XXIIsobre las... more
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    • Roman History
Some of the larger obelisks erected in the Pharaonic Egypt were removed and re-used by the Roman emperors. The paper focuses on two of these monoliths, named both Lateran and Teodosian, monuments which were transferred to Rome and... more
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      Ancient Egyptian ReligionRoman History
Ce travail traite de l'histoire de l'ancienne ville égyptiennen ommée Babilonia (Babilona dans la documentation romaine, ou Babylon en grec), toponyme tardif de 'ancienne forteresse pharaonique de Kher-Aha (dans le nome XIII... more
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We are interested here on certain details of the religious context and scenario in which the ritual act of royal purification mentioned in Peye’s “Victory Stela” took place, precisely related with the primeval cavern from which the magic... more
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      Ancient Egyptian ReligionAncient Religion
The title of this paper condenses one of the characteristics that the late religious fact adopted: as opposed to the tolerance that in general characterized the ancient pagan cults, the Christianity adopted during and after the fourth... more
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      Late Roman ArmyBorders and FrontiersLate Antique Egypt
This paper focuses on three specific aspects of ancient Heliopolis, Egyptian Iunu and the largest city of nome XIII at the apex of the Delta. First, the etymology of the city and some of the problems that this produces; second, the... more
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      Egyptian UrbanismRoman Sources
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      Later Roman EmpireLate Roman Urbanism
The title of this paper condenses one of the characteristics that the late religious fact adopted: as opposed to the tolerance that in general characterized the ancient pagan cults, the Christianity adopted during and after the fourth... more
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Época Flavia De la Época Flavia en adelante Posteriores a Diocleciano FECHA PROCEDENCIA TIPO APELATIVO
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    • Imperial Roman Army
A commentary by the historian Ammianus Marcellinus reveals that in the winter of the year 362/363 emperor Julian received the news that in Memphis a new and perfect Apis had been found and was ready to be enthroned. However, the... more
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Resumen: Una mención del historiador tardorromano Amiano Marcelino revela que en el año 363 d. E. el emperador Juliano tuvo noticia de que había sido hallado en Menfis un nuevo Apis óptimo preparado para ser «entronizado». No obstante, la... more
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    • Ancient Egyptian Religion
The iconography and titulature present on three theban stelae in which Augustus appears represented as pharaoh-emperor (Cairo BN 311 and Bucheum nos 13 and 14) allow for some observations and considerations towards the explanation of the... more
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    • Ancient Egyptian Iconography
E 1989, 213-5; CAAMAÑO, J.M., «El urbanismo del campamento de Cidadela», Los orígenes de la ciudad en el Noroeste hispánico.
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    • Imperial Roman Army
This paper analyzes an extensive text and very useful of Pliny about the Egyptian obelisks who were transferred to Rome between years 30 B.C. to 79 A.D. One of them, the named “Vaticanus”, is the central subject of this paper. It is... more
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      Later Roman EmpireLate Roman Urbanism