Blemmyes, new Documents and New Perspectives. DFIFAO 52. Celte from east to west

from east to west

ancient history was transmitted above all through tales that were edifying or frightening

demure models with lost gazes in the distance are replaced by Proustian figures with fascinating attire

The history of Heliopolis

Blemmyes, new Documents and New Perspectives. DFIFAO 52. Celte from east to westIn the Ptolemaic station of Bi'r Samut ( 3rd century BC), on the trans desert route from Edfu to Berenike, the same African nomads were called Trgodytai in Greek and Blhm. w in Egyptian. In the latter word, we recognize the Blemmyes of Greek and Latin literature and documents from Late Antiquity. However, three centuries later, these nomads would simply be referred to as Barbaroi in the Roman garrisons of the Eastern Desert. From this came the idea of