The Textile Centre Akhmim-Panopolis (Egypt) in Late Antiquity. Material Evidence for Continuity and Change in Society, Religion, Industry and Trade

The fourth occasional paper in the Studia Panopolitana series focuses on Akhmim-Panopolis as one of Egypt's major textile centres. The volume contains the proceedings of the international conference The Textile Centre Akhmim-Panopolis (Egypt) in Late Antiquity. Material Evidence for Continuity and Change in Society, Religion, Industry and Trade organised by Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen in cooperation with Skulpturensammlung und Museum fur Byzantinische Kunst der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz. The papers presented by established specialists in Textile Studies, Archaeology, Coptic Studies and Papyrology and young academics summarise for the first time the various aspects of and material available for studying the archaeology and history of Akhmim's famous textile history.