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Category : East Asia
Languages : it
Pages : 604
Book Description
Ebla
Author: Paolo MatthiaePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317531442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
In Ebla , Paolo Matthiae presents the results of 47 years of excavations at this fascinating site, providing a detailed account of Ebla’s history and archaeology. Ebla grew from a small Early Bronze Age settlement into an important trading and political centre, which endured until its final destruction in c. 1600 BC . The destruction of its royal palace c. 2300 BC was particularly significant as it preserved the city’s rich archives, offering a wealth of information on its history, economy, religion, administration, and daily life. The discovery of Ebla is a pivotal moment in the history of archaeological investigations of the twentieth century, and this book is the result of all the excavation campaigns at Tell Mardikh- Ebla from 1964 until 2010, when field operations stopped due to the war in Syria. Available for the first time in English, Ebla offers a complete account of one of the largest pre-classical urban centres by its discoverer, making it an essential resource for students of Ancient Near Eastern archaeology and history.
The Age of Agade
Author: Benjamin R. FosterPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317415523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
The Age of Agade is the first book-length study of the Akkadian period of Mesopotamian history, which saw the rise and fall of the world’s first empire during more than a century of extraordinary political, social, and cultural innovation. It draws together more than 40 years of research by one of the world’s leading experts in Assyriology to offer an exhaustive survey of the Akkadian empire. Addressing all aspects of the empire, including its statecraft and military, territory and cities, arts, religion, economy, and production, The Age of Agade considers what can be said of Akkadian political and social history, material culture, and daily life. A final chapter also explores how the empire has been presented in modern historiography, from the decipherment of cuneiform to the present, including the extensive research of Soviet historians, summarized here in English for the first time. Drawing on contemporaneous written and artifactual sources, as well as relevant materials from succeeding generations, Foster introduces the reader to the wealth of evidence available. Accessibly written by a specialist in the field, this book is an engaging examination of a critical era in the history of early Mesopotamia.
Exemplars of Kingship
Author: Melissa EppihimerPublisher:
ISBN: 0190903015
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Exemplars of Kingship conveys the astonishing life of the art of the Akkadian kings by assessing ancient and modern responses to its dynamic forms and transformative ideologies of kingship.
Etruria and Anatolia
Author: Elizabeth P. BaughanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009151029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Explores trans-Mediterranean connections between peoples, cultures, and artistic traditions traditionally marginalized by Graeco-Roman bias.
Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: Excavations, surveys and restorations : reports on recent field archaeology in the Near East
Author: Licia RomanoPublisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447062169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
.".. 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East held in Rome on May 5th-10th, 2008 (www.6icaane.it)"--Foreword.
Computational Intelligence in Archaeology
Author: Barcelo, Juan A.Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1599044919
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Provides analytical theories offered by innovative artificial intelligence computing methods in the archaeological domain.
No Place Like Home: Ancient Near Eastern Houses and Households
Author: Laura BattiniPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803271574
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book had its genesis in a series of 6 popular and well-attended ASOR conference sessions on Household Archaeology in the Ancient Near East. The 18 chapters are organized in three thematic sections: Architecture as Archive of Social Space; The Active Household; and Ritual Space at Home.
The Ten Commandments
Author: Timothy S. HoguePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009366912
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Connects monumentality and material culture to questions of textual authority and literary history. It includes a comprehensive comparative study of the Decalogue (including new translation and analysis) and Levantine monuments that will be of interest to scholars of Hebrew Bible, Jewish studies, religious studies, archaeology, and art history.
Holy Land. Archaeology on Either Side
Author: AA. VV.Publisher: Edizioni Terra Santa
ISBN: 8862408501
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
The title of the volume may be a little perplexing: Archaeology on Either Side. But on either side of what? The picture we chose for the front cover might give an indication of the answer. This image shows two sides of the River Jordan – the Israeli side and the Jordanian side – both part of the Holy Land! Or we might understand the “either side” of our topic in another way, that is, archaeology both as the study of artifacts and archaeology as the study of literary sources. In the contributions the reader will find all these topics and much more: essays on excavations or archaeological findings in the Holy Land as defined above, and essays on literary sources linked to the history of the ancient Near East, especially in the time of the Christian/Common Era (CE). The book is made up of three main sections: “Excavations and Topographical Surveys”; “Architecture, Decorations, and Art”; “Epigraphy and Sigillography”. Some articles touch on more than one specific section, so they may be found between sections.
Ashlar
Author: Maud DevolderPublisher: Presses universitaires de Louvain
ISBN: 2875589644
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
This volume focusses on ashlar masonry, probably the most elaborate construction technique of the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age, from a cross-regional perspective. The building practices and the uses of cutstone components and masonries in Egypt, Syria, the Aegean, Anatolia, Cyprus and the Levant in the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC are examined through a series of case studies and topical essays. The topics addressed include the terminology of ashlar building components and the typologies of its masonries, technical studies on the procurement, dressing, tool kits and construction techniques pertaining to cut stone, investigations into the place of ashlar in inter-regional exchanges and craft dissemination, the extent and signifi cance of the use of cut stone within the communities and regions, and the visual eff ects, social meanings, and symbolic and ideological values of ashlar.