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The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion

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This important new study looks at the intersection of Greek and Egyptian art forms in the funerary sphere of Roman Egypt. A discussion of artistic change, cultural identity, and religious belief foregrounds the detailed analysis of more than 150 objects and tombs, many of which are presented here for the first time. In addition to the information it provides about individual works of art, supported by catalogue entries, the study explores fundamental questions such as how artists combine the iconographies and representational forms of different visual traditions, and why two distinct visual traditions were employed in Roman Egypt.
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Christina Riggs

Christina Riggs is a British-American historian, academic, and former museum curator. She specializes in the history of archaeology, photography, and ancient Egyptian art. Since 2019, she has been Professor of the History of Visual Culture at Durham University. She is also a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
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