Books written by Sally-Ann Ashton

  • Cleopatra and Egypt
    Cleopatra and Egypt

    In an essay on models of (female) authority in regard to the accession of Hatshepsut, Roth has considered the circumstances surrounding the promotion of women to the position of principal ruler (2005: 9–14).

  • Ptolemaic Royal Sculpture from Egypt: The Interaction Between Greek and Egyptian Traditions
    Ptolemaic Royal Sculpture from Egypt: The Interaction Between Greek and Egyptian Traditions

    Although the Ptolemaic royal image has been the subject of many individual studies, there remains an imbalance in the extent of scholarly attention devoted to the different styles of imagery....

  • The Last Queens of Egypt: Cleopatra's Royal House
    The Last Queens of Egypt: Cleopatra's Royal House

    But what of her predecessors? The Last Queens of Egypt examines the roles played by the Ptolemaic royal women and explores their part in religion, politics and court intrigue.

  • The Last Queens of Egypt: Cleopatra's Royal House
    The Last Queens of Egypt: Cleopatra's Royal House

    G.H. Macurdy, Hellenistic Queens: A Study of Woman-Power in Macedonia, Seleucid Syria and Ptolemaic Egypt. ... S.-A. Ashton, Ptolemaic Royal Sculpture from Egypt: The Interaction between Greek and Egyptian Traditions.

  • Petrie's Ptolemaic and Roman Memphis
    Petrie's Ptolemaic and Roman Memphis

    (2000) 'The Ptolemaic influence on Egyptian royal statuary' in Current Research in Egyptology, A. McDonald and C. Riggs (eds). Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 1—11. Ashton, S-A. (2001a) Ptolemaic Royal Sculpture from Egypt: The ...

  • Roman Egyptomania
    Roman Egyptomania

    Accompanying an exhibition held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, from September 2004 to May 2005, this volume contains more than one hundred objects which reflect the earliest episode of Egyptomania....