Category Archives: Graeco-Roman era

Affairs of Associations of Goat-herders and Goose-herders in Ancient Egypt

Posted on 20/04/2015 by dianabuja

In the late period of ancient Egyptian history (712-332 BC) and into the Graeco-Roman period  (332BC-395AD), papyri are found that are written in demotic, abnormal hieratic, or hieratic, and that record a variety of contracts – many documenting a loan.  During this time and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Associans, Demotic, Egypt-Ancient, Graeco-Roman era, Ptolemaic | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Farming in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt – What Happened to the Producers?

Posted on 24/03/2015 by dianabuja

This entry is part of a dialogue with  Rachel Laudan, regarding the taxation of producers/farmers in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, based on sources found in the Fayum. Below, a little background information and more to follow on this much-delayed topic. Several of the … Continue reading →

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Crocodile Cartonnage and Classical Manuscripts – Tebtunis, Fayum-Egypt

Posted on 18/03/2015 by dianabuja

At the end of the 19th century the classicists Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt  were comissioned by the Egyptologist George Reisner to conduct excavations for the University of California, Berkeley, in the Fayum, a semi-oasis that is located about 100 … Continue reading →

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Posted in Crocodiles, Culture, Egypt-Ancient, Egyptology, Graeco-Roman era | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Provisioning Rome with Grain – And the Workers must eat, Too!

Posted on 18/07/2014 by dianabuja

Rachel Laudan has put up a most interesting blog on food production and distribution in ancient times, focusing on the problems of provisioning Rome; she says > Provisioning Rome, one of the world’s largest cities, if not the largest with … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander the Great, Colonial, Colonialism, Egypt-Ancient, Food, Graeco-Roman era, History-Ancient | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Green Mint Tea and Beduin Carpets at Mersa Matruh – and an Anniversary at El Alamein

Posted on 21/10/2012 by dianabuja

Revised 19 May 2014 Mersa Matruh is about 160 miles west of the Alexandria, with El Alamein located in between. From the Mersa Matruh there were desert busses going south to the oasis of Siwa, which I visited on several occasions. Source. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cuisine, Egypt, Egypt-Ancient, Egypt-Recent, Graeco-Roman era, Great Western Desert, Indigenous crops & medicinal plants, War Games, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Rats and Related Creatures – Now, and in Graeco-Roman Egypt

Posted on 23/07/2012 by dianabuja

Revised 21 May 2014   Saturday, as I was walking along the road to the village, I heard a ‘thunk – plop’ – and saw, out of the corner of my eye, something black falling from a nearby tree.  It … Continue reading →

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Posted in Burundi, Egypt-Ancient, Graeco-Roman era, Living here, Magic, Rodents, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments