...' environment in a more or less “realistic” fashion. Chahine explores the working conditions on the docks of the port of Alexandria through a story about a clash between a young worker and his boss in Sira'fi-l-mina. cinema early cinema and social class class Farouk King social class early...

...Alexandria as today’s visitors will never see it. Detail of a frieze discovered by the Polish—Egyptian archaeological expedition at Kom al-Dikka in Alexandria and dating from the Roman Period. Portrait of Alexander the Great with Amun’s horns on a silver coin. Plan of Ptolemaic Alexandria (based...

... and the suppression of heresy and paganism. patriarchs monks northern Egypt Alexandria Christianity monasticism bishops Athanasius Theophilus Cyril On the evening of 8 February 356, imperial soldiers surrounded the Church of Theonas in Alexandria. They sought to apprehend Athanasius, the bishop...

...Sophia developed into a skilled writer. She relied heavily on the Description of Egypt manuscript, copying six chapters, or letters, from it nearly verbatim and drawing extensively on it for another five. These were primarily descriptions of Alexandria; the geography of Egypt...

...This chapter gives an account of the communication between Alexandria and the Nile by means of the New Canal. It also describes the boats of the Nile, which are admirably constructed for the navigation of that river. It describes the commencement of the voyage along the canal. Furthermore...

... that affected the beginning and the effective end of Gnosticism in Egypt. It then reconstructs the flight path of the main Gnostic community from Alexandria to Nagʻ Hammadi. The evidence shows an intellectual, eclectic community rising out of the ruins of the Jewish quarter in Alexandria after ad 117...

...This chapter deals with the mention of the area in The History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria, also recounting interesting historical events that were witnessed there by the authors of this important historical work. It specifically sheds some light on the monasteries and monks...

...Examining a foundation created by Salah al-Din (Saladin) in Alexandria, this chapter shows how the Ottoman state continuously sought to interfere in the endowment's affairs and fought the beneficiaries for a larger share of endowment revenues. One aim of this study is to understand various...

...This chapter explores the modern meanings which Europeans and Egyptians have attributed to Egypt's Greco-Roman past, highlighting Alexandria's Greco-Roman Museum, the Archeological Society of Alexandria, and Alexandria University, as well as Cairo's Egyptian Museum, and Cairo and Ain Shams...

..., possibly in the 8^th century A.D. and identifies the subsequent struggle to keep Alexandria connected to the Nile, by various artificial canals, as a key preoccupation of the medieval period. It also looks at the coastal lagoons of the western Delta, and their openings to the Mediterranean Sea...

...This chapter focuses on the main sea-facing ports of the western Nile Delta in the medieval period, principally Alexandria and Rosetta, in the context of the navigational connections to them. It demonstrates the relative insignificance of Rosetta relative to Alexandria, despite it being close...

... of the studies center on the person and legacy of the great Coptic saint, Shenoute the Archimandrite (348–466 ce), looking at his preserved writings, his life, his place in Pachomian monasticism, his relations with the patriarchs in Alexandria, and the life in his monastic system. Other studies deal...

...Lane found Alexandria more dismal than ever. It had rained heavily for three days and the streets were still muddy. Rain is rare in Egypt, even on the coast at Alexandria, but when it comes, the puddles linger an inordinately long while. Lane found that his expenses to date had left him with less...

...Bubonic plague had appeared in Alexandria. Egypt had a long relationship with bubonic plague. After the plague's cataclysmic advent as the Black Death in the fourteenth century, it reappeared in Egypt with lethal regularity. The Black Death may have killed as much as 40 percent of Cairo's...

... with a fever almost as soon as they arrived. They departed Alexandria on the Mahmoudiah Canal in a large iron track boat. Their boat pulled up to the landing place at Bulaq on the morning of July 27 1842. Alexandria Lane Edward William passim Lane Edward William books Peninsular and Oriental Steamship...

... to describe local exegetical practices in the region based on evidence from the fifth-century letter by Cyril of Alexandria written to a bishop named Calosirius and On Promises, a third-century treatise against millennarianist belief by Dionysius of Alexandria. episcopal authority biblical...

...This chapter examines the shaping of Episcopal authority in the Egyptian Church during the Age of Persecution. It focuses on the relationship between the Episcopal leadership and the church's theological school in Alexandria. It investigates the early attempts of Alexandrian bishops, from Demetrius...

...This chapter examines the dynamics of Copts’ engagement with the uprisings that ousted Mubarak. It starts with the church bombing in Alexandria in January 2011, a precursor for the revolution, and then looks at the high turnout of Copts, as participants and organizers, in the 25 January uprising...

...This chapter gives an account of the general appearance of the coast of Egypt and distant view of Alexandria. It also talks about the old harbour. To add to these descriptions, it inserts a small plan of the site and environs of Alexandria. It also describes in detail what the author saw on the day...