Review

"Ancient historians, as well as papyrologists, will find this an extremely useful guidebook for formulating their research." -- Religious Studies Review

"Bagnall does an excellent job of surveying the kinds of work currently being done on papyri..." -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Ancient historians, as well as papyrologists, will find this an extremely useful guidebook for formulating their research

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–Religious Studies Review

As the third volume in the Routledge series, Approaching the Ancient World, that aims at introducing students to problems and methodologies currently embraced by ancient historians, Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History eminently succeeds. In this study, Bagnall lucidly summarizes the nature of Greek papyrological evidence.

–International Journal of the Classical Tradition

Bagnall does an excellent job of surveying the kinds of work currently being done on papyri and suggesting how to improve on these

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–Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Product Description

The recovery of vast quantities of papyri from the sand of Egypt has been a major new resource for the study of ancient history and literature. This book, written by one of the leading scholars in the field, examines the uses of papyrus in ancient societies, explains in archaeological terms how this evidence has survived and evaluates its uses as an informative source for studying history.