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Heaven on Earth: Temples, Ritual, and Cosmic Symbolism in the Ancient World [Paperback]
Deena Ragavan (Editor)
$24.95ISBN: 9781885923967
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Seminars
Volume: 9
The volume is the result of the eighth Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar, held on March 2-3, 2012. Seventeen speakers, from both the US and abroad, examined the interconnections between temples, ritual, and cosmology from a v... .... Learn More -
Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond [Paperback]
Natalie N. May (Editor)
$29.95ISBN: 9781885923905
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: ORIENTAL INSTITUTE SEMINARS
Volume: 8
The eighth in the Oriental Institute Seminar Series, this volume contains papers that emerged from the seminar Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond, held at the Oriental Institute April 8-9, 2011. The purpose of t... .... Learn More -
Slaves and Households in the Near East [Paperback]
Laura Culbertson (Editor)
$24.95ISBN: 9781885923837
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: ORIENTAL INSTITUTE SEMINARS
Volume: 7
The seventh in the Oriental Institute Seminar Series, this volume contains papers that emerged from the seminar "Slaves and Households in the Near East" held at the Oriental Institute March 5-6, 2010. Despite widespread mention of enslaved peop... .... Learn More -
Divination and Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World [Paperback]
Amar Annus (Editor)
$27.95ISBN: 9781885923684
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: ORIENTAL INSTITUTE SEMINARS
Volume: 6
The concept of sign, a portent observed in the physical world, which indicates future events, is found in all ancient cultures, but was first developed in ancient Mesopotamian texts. This branch of Babylonian scientific knowledge extensively in... .... Learn More -
Nomads, Tribes and the State in the Ancient Near East: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives [Paperback]
Jeffrey Szuchman (Editor)
$24.95ISBN: 9781885923615
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: ORIENTAL INSTITUTE SEMINARS
Volume: 5
For decades, scholars have struggled to understand the complex relationship between pastoral nomadic tribes and sedentary peoples of the Near East. The Oriental Institute's fourth annual post-doc seminar (March 7-8, 2008), Nomads, Tribes, and t... .... Learn More -
Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond [Paperback]
Nicole Brisch (Editor)
$24.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9781885923554
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Seminars
Volume: 4
This volume represents a collection of contributions presented during the Third Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar, Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond , held at the Oriental Institute, Febru... .... Learn More -
Performing Death: Social Analyses of Funerary Traditions in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean [Paperback]
Nicola Laneri (Author)
$24.95ISBN: 9781885923509
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Seminars
Volume: 3
This volume represents a collection of contributions presented by the authors during the Second Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar "Performing Death: Social Analyses of Funerary Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean," hel... .... Learn More
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