Giovanni R Ruffini: 3 books
Medieval Nubia
A Social and Economic History
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
As one of the few surviving archaeological sites from the medieval Christian kingdom of Nubia, Qasr Ibrim is critically important in a number of ways. It is the only site in Lower Nubia that remained above water after the completion of the Aswan high dam. In addition, thanks to the aridity of the...
Amheida I
Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
This volume presents 455 inscribed pottery fragments, or ostraka, found during NYU’s excavations at Amheida in the western desert of Egypt. The majority date to the Late Roman period (3rd to 4th century AD), a time of rapid social change in Egypt and the ancient Mediterranean generally. Amheida...
Life in an Egyptian Village in Late Antiquity
Aphrodito Before and After the Islamic Conquest
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2018
Most ancient history focuses on the urban elite. Papyrology explores the daily lives of the more typical men and women in antiquity. Aphrodito, a village in sixth-century AD Egypt, is antiquity's best source for micro-level social history. The archive of Dioskoros of Aphrodito introduces thousands...