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Marcus Simaika : father of coptic archaeology
Marcus Pasha Simaika (1864-1944) was born to a prominent Coptic family on the eve of the inauguration of the Suez Canal and the British occupation of Egypt. From a young age, he developed a passion for Coptic heritage and devoted his life to shedding light on centuries of Christian Egyptian history...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cairo
: The American University in Cairo Press
, 2018
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.5743/cairo/9789774168239.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Samir Simaika and Nevine Henein ; introduction, Donald M. Reid |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : University Press Scholarship Online / Archaeology |
| Summary: | Marcus Pasha Simaika (1864-1944) was born to a prominent Coptic family on the eve of the inauguration of the Suez Canal and the British occupation of Egypt. From a young age, he developed a passion for Coptic heritage and devoted his life to shedding light on centuries of Christian Egyptian history that had been neglected by ignorance or otherwise belittled and despised. He was not a professional archaeologist, an excavator, or a specialist scholar of Coptic language and literature |
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| Item Description: | Previous edition issued in print: 2017 Includes bibliographical references and index Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9781617978265 |
