Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Vols. 1-8, 1880-87, plates published separately and numbered I-LXXXIII.
The Journal of Hellenic Studies
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Vols. 1-8, 1880-87, plates published separately and numbered I-LXXXIII.
Catalogue of the Works of Writers of the Seventeenth and Later Centuries
Author: C.J. Steward (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
A Catalogue of a Very Extensive Collection of Aldine Publications; of Greek and Latin Manuscripts Upon Vellum and Paper; of First Editions, and Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century, Etc. (1826.).
Author: Payne and FossPublisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Bibliotheca Marsdeniana Philologica Et Orientalis. A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts Collected with a View of the General Comparison of Languages, and to the Study of Oriental Literature, by William Marsden, F. R. S. &c
Author: Bibliotheca MarsdenianaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A Catalogue of Books in Foreign Languages Now on Sale by Payne and Foss
Author: Bibliotheca Marsdeniana Philologica Et Orientalis
Author: William MarsdenPublisher:
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Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A Catalogue of Books in Foreign Languages. Now on Sale by Payne and Foss. (1827.).
Author: Payne and FossPalmyra
Author: Michael SommerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351347152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Palmyra: A History examines Palmyra, the city in the Syrian oasis of Tadmur, from its beginnings in the Bronze Age, through the classical period and its discovery and excavation, to the present day. It aims at reconstructing Palmyra’s past from literary accounts – classical and post-classical – as well as material evidence of all kinds: inscriptions, coins, art and of course the remains of Palmyra’s monumental architecture. After exploring the earliest inhabitation of Tadmur, the volume moves through the Persian and Hellenistic periods, to the city’s zenith. Under the Romans, Palmyra was unique among the cities of the empire because it became a political factor in its own right in the third century AD, when the Roman military was overpowered by Sassanian invaders and Palmyrene troops stepped in. Sommer’s assessment of Palmyra under Rome therefore considers how Palmyra achieved such an exceptional role in the Roman Near East, before its demise under the Umayyad Empire. The volume also examines the century-long history of archaeological and historical research at Palmyra, from its beginnings under Ottoman rule and the French mandate in the 1920s to the recent satellite based prospection carried out by German archaeologists. A closing chapter examines the occupation of the site by ISIS during the Syrian conflict, and the implications of the destruction there on the ruins, the archaeological finds and future investigations, and heritage in Syria more broadly. Palmyra offers academics, students and the interested reader alike the first full treatment in English of this fascinating site, providing a comprehensive account of the city’s origins, rise and fall.
Catalogus librorum impressorum Bibliothecae Collegii B. Mariae Magdalenae in Academia Oxoniensi
Author: Magdalen College (University of Oxford). LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
The Riddle of the Rosetta
Author: Jed Z. BuchwaldPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691233969
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
A major new history of the race between two geniuses to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Europe In 1799, a French Army officer was rebuilding the defenses of a fort on the banks of the Nile when he discovered an ancient stele fragment bearing a decree inscribed in three different scripts. So begins one of the most familiar tales in Egyptology—that of the Rosetta Stone and the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs. This book draws on fresh archival evidence to provide a major new account of how the English polymath Thomas Young and the French philologist Jean-François Champollion vied to be the first to solve the riddle of the Rosetta. Jed Buchwald and Diane Greco Josefowicz bring to life a bygone age of intellectual adventure. Much more than a decoding exercise centered on a single artifact, the race to decipher the Rosetta Stone reflected broader disputes about language, historical evidence, biblical truth, and the value of classical learning. Buchwald and Josefowicz paint compelling portraits of Young and Champollion, two gifted intellects with altogether different motivations. Young disdained Egyptian culture and saw Egyptian writing as a means to greater knowledge about Greco-Roman antiquity. Champollion, swept up in the political chaos of Restoration France and fiercely opposed to the scholars aligned with throne and altar, admired ancient Egypt and was prepared to upend conventional wisdom to solve the mystery of the hieroglyphs. Taking readers from the hushed lecture rooms of the Institut de France to the windswept monuments of the Valley of the Kings, The Riddle of the Rosetta reveals the untold story behind one of the nineteenth century's most thrilling discoveries.