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that a significant amount of intermarriage took place between the Greek and Egyptian communities And it is known that Greek marriage contracts increasingly came to resemble Egyptian ones. In addition, even from the founding of Alexandria, small numbers of Egyptians were admitted to the privileged classes in the city to fulfil numerous civic roles. Of course, it was essential in such cases for the Egyptians to become "Hellenized," to adopt Greek habits and the Greek language. Given that the Alexandrian mathematicians mentioned here were active several hundred years after the founding of the city, it would seem at least equally possible that they were ethnically Egyptian as that they remained ethnically Greek. In any case, it is unreasonable to portray them with purely European features when no physical descriptions exist.
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were ethnically Greek, that their ancestors had come from Greece at some point in the past but had remained effectively isolated from the Egyptians? It is, of course, impossible to answer this question definitively. But research in papyri dating from the early centuries of the common era demonstrates
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represent this technique. While previously believed to represent Greek settlers in Egypt, modern studies conclude that the Faiyum portraits instead represent mainly native Egyptians, reflecting the complex synthesis of the predominant Egyptian culture and that of the elite Greek minority in the city.
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But what we really want to know is to what extent the Alexandrian mathematicians of the period from the first to the fifth centuries C.E. were Greek. Certainly, all of them wrote in Greek and were part of the Greek intellectual community of Alexandria. And most modern studies conclude that the Greek
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A History of Egyptian Mummies: And an Account of the Worship and Embalming of the Sacred Animals by the Egyptians : with Remarks on the Funeral Ceremonies of Different Nations, and Observations on the Mummies of the Canary Islands, of the Ancient Peruvians, Burman Priests,
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was worshipped. The center of the city is on the canal, with four waterwheels which were adopted by the governorate of Fayoum as its symbol; their chariots and bazaars are easy to spot. The city is home of the football club
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runs through the city, its banks lined with houses. There are two bridges over the river: one of three arches, which carries the main street and bazaar, and one of two arches, over which is built the
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Holdaway, Simon; Phillipps, Rebecca; Emmitt, Joshua; Wendrich, Willeke (2016-07-29). "The Fayum revisited: Reconsidering the role of the Neolithic package, Fayum north shore, Egypt".
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The highest record temperatures was 46 °C (115 °F) on June 13, 1965, and the lowest record temperature was 2 °C (36 °F) on January 8, 1966.
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sites, as well as a general survey of the area. Recently the area has been further investigated by a team from the UCLA/RUG/UOA Fayum Project.
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Around 1245 CE, the region became the subject of the most detailed government survey to survive from the medieval Arab world, conducted by
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Oriens christianus: in quatuor patriarchatus digestus : quo exhibentur ecclesiae, patriarchae caeterique praesules totius orientis
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mosque, a gift from his wife to honor the Mamluk Sultan in Fayoum. Mounds north of the city mark the site of Arsinoe, known to the
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McKenzie, Judith; McKenzie, Rhys-Davids Junior Research Fellow in Archaeology Judith; Moorey, Peter Roger Stuart (January 2007).
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Phillipps, Rebecca; Holdaway, Simon; Ramsay, Rebecca; Emmitt, Joshua; Wendrich, Willeke; Linseele, Veerle (2016-05-18).
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occupation of the area. The Egyptians continued their practice of burying their dead, despite the Roman preference for
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Riggs, C. The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion Oxford University Press (2005).
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Fayum towns and their papyri, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt
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Originally founded by the ancient Egyptians as Shedet, its current name in English is also spelled as
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under Ptolemy II Philadelphus was recorded in detail by a 3rd-century BC Greek public official named
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or Wadi Rayan, the largest waterfalls in Egypt, around 50 km (31 mi) from the city
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Archaeological evidence has found occupations around the Faiyum dating back to at least the
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to resemble a typical Greek city, with private dwellings, palaces, baths and a theatre.
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Bagnall, Director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Roger S. (2004).
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gives the names of several bishops of Arsinoë, nearly all of them associated with one
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Egypt from Alexander to the Early Christians: An Archaeological and Historical Guide
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The 'Villages of the Fayyum': A Thirteenth-Century Register of Rural, Islamic Egypt
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documents was uncovered by Egyptian agricultural labourers who were digging for
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Persian Occupation of Egypt 619-629: Politics and Administration of Sasanians
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scholars, these documents were found to be records written by Zeno in
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occupations of the area are most widely studied on the north shore of
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Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony; Eidenow, Esther, eds. (2012).
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on wood; 37 cm × 20 cm (15 in × 8 in)
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The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, C. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700
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singer, was born in Faiyum, where her family lived at that time.
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Qaitbay Mosque, in the city, and was built by the wife of the
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Hanging Mosque, built when the Ottomans ruled Egypt by prince
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Population density of Faiyum Government is 4,164,914 citzen.
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Fragment of a papyrus letter discussing tax issues from the
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During the winter of 1914–1915, a cache of over 2,000
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Populated places established in the 4th millennium BC
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as Crocodilopolis, where in ancient times the sacred
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Ancient Faces : Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt
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Oxford University Press. pp. 152–153. 8: 2886:Vincent L. Morgan; Spencer G. Lucas (2002). 2696:The Mosque of Qaitbey in the Fayoum of Egypt 1831: 1819: 44: 2459:"Egyptology Online: Fayoum mummy portraits" 2282: 2280: 1135:Köppen-Geiger climate classification system 832:to have actually been the biblical city of 3983: 3969: 3961: 3855: 3841: 3833: 3450: 3436: 3428: 3337: 3323: 3315: 2957: 2943: 2935: 2436:. Encaustic.ca. 2012-06-10. Archived from 1147: 440: 380: 36: 2715: 2713: 2711: 2526:A History of Mathematics: An Introduction 2120: 2110: 2772:"الجهاز المركزي للتعبئة العامة والإحصاء" 2236:. Oxford University Press. p. 171. 2047:Caton-Thompson, G.; Gardner, E. (1934). 367: 1939: 1937: 1905: 1808: 1685: 996:. These papyri, now referred to as the 539:The modern name of the city comes from 255: 234: 226: 213: 191: 156: 122: 61: 4406:Populated places in Faiyum Governorate 2627:"Where do the Zenon Papyri come from?" 2293:. 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Archived from 1946:"The Archaeology of the Fayum" 729:(309–246 BC) renamed the city 136: 1: 4396:Governorate capitals in Egypt 2206:Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt 1948:. In Riggs, Christina (ed.). 1024: 884:portraits painted during the 856: 760:, Arsinoë became part of the 644: 252:28,000/km (73,000/sq mi) 2865:Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. 2493:accessed on January 16, 2007 2257:Guillaume, Philippe (2008). 2080:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.072 1885: 1869: 1838: 1826: 836:, mentioned in Exodus 1:11. 563: 552: 536:today to refer to the city. 4278:Egypt–Mesopotamia relations 4098:Population history of Egypt 2926:. 148 pages, public domain. 1410:Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1270:Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 331: 4432: 2528:, p. 184. Addison Wesley, 2434:"History of Encaustic Art" 2371:. Sasanika. 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Fayum
Faiyum (disambiguation)
City




Lake Qarun
Sobek
Faiyum is located in Egypt
29°18′30″N 30°50′39″E / 29.308374°N 30.844105°E / 29.308374; 30.844105
Egypt
Governorate
Faiyum
Time zone
UTC+2
EET
/fˈjm/
fy-YOOM
Arabic
romanized
[elfæjˈjuːm]
Middle Egypt
Cairo
Faiyum Oasis
Faiyum Governorate
hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs
Arabic
Faiyum Oasis

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