S. V. Litvinenko

Studies of the Fayoum oasis written by Russian speaking scholars over the last decade (2012–2022). Part 1. Archaeology and history

This article presents the first part of survey of scientific literature devoted to historic, natural, related and multidisciplinary studies of the Fayoum oasis that have been being conducted by Russian speaking scholars over the last decade (2012–2022). It is focused on studies in the field of Fayoum’s history and archaeology (including studies on pottery, archaeological textiles, reconstruction of funeral rituals that took place in various periods), while the next article that is the second part of this survey will be devoted to physical anthropology, papyrology, textual criticism, descriptions of Russian museum collections, history of architecture and textiles, history of Egyptian clothing and textile, studies of cultural history and history of everyday life, fine arts and ecology. Many of these studies contain the first publications of unique artifacts, texts, historical monuments.

Keywords:
Fayoum (Fayyūm), Fayoum oasis, Egyptology, Coptic studies, history of Egypt, archaeology of Egypt, studies of Egyptian pottery, Ptolemaic Egypt, Roman Egypt, ancient Egyptian masks, Egyptian funerary rituall.

Original language — English.

DOI: 10.24412/2686-9276-2022-00014.

Referring: Litvinenko S. V. Studies of the Fayoum oasis written by Russian speaking scholars over the last decade (2012–2022). Part 1. Archaeology and history // Egypt and neighbouring countries 4 (2022): 27–44. DOI: 10.24412/2686-9276-2022-00014.

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