36 color and 55 b/w illustrations

and Maria Forcellino

Leading French painters in the late medieval period executed miniatures for lavishly illuminated books of hours

Several chapters detail the practical aspects of communication

Egypt and the Classical World: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Antiquity Pride 36 color and 55 b/wEdited by Jeffrey Spier and Sara E. Cole Presenting dynamic research, this publication explores two millennia of cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome. From Mycenaean weaponry found among the cargo of a Bronze Age shipwreck off the Turkish coast to the Egyptian inspired domestic interiors of a luxury villa built in Greece during the Roman Empire, Egypt and the Classical World documents two millennia of cultural and artistic