This volume explores the significance of literacy for everyday life in the ancient world. It focuses on the use of writing and written materials, the...
Numerous research projects have studied the Nubian cultures of Sudan and Egypt over the last thirty years, leading to significant new insights. The...
The present volume collects current research on manuscripts written in the demotic language, which have recently been discovered in excavations or...
Die Universitätsbibliothek in Basel ist im Besitz einer kleinen Papyrussammlung von 63 Papyri aus ptolemäischer, römischer sowie spätantiker Zeit in...
This volume covers the transition period stretching from the reign of Justinian I to the end of the 8th century, focusing on the experience of...
This is the first synthesis on Egyptian enigmatic writing (also referred to as “cryptography”) in the New Kingdom (c.1550–1070 BCE). Enigmatic writing...