[Sca-cooks] OT: Rome and medieval Egypt

Terry Decker t.d.decker at att.net
Sat Jun 4 19:04:32 PDT 2011


If it's food, I'd say get a copy of Dalby's Food in the Ancient World from A 
to Z.  A quick perusal showed me a number of entries that would be of value 
in putting together a picture of Egyptian food from Pharonic to Ptolemaic.

Bear

> What exactly is wanted? Food history? Persona? General History?
> Egypt during the Classical Roman era?
> Egypt during the European Middle Ages?
> During the Crusades? (Fifth Crusade?) What time period?
>
> There's no problem finding books on Egypt. Have they asked at a library?
>
> Johnnae




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