Ancient Near East & Cyprus
Archaeology and history from Early Man to the spread of Islam in the region that stretches from northern Turkey to southern Arabia and from the Levantine coast to Iran.
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Beyond the Fertile Crescent: Late Palaeolithic and Neolithic Communities of the Jordanian Steppe. The Azraq Basin Project Volume 1: Project Background and the Late Palaeolithic (Geological Context and Technology) [Hardback]
Andrew Garrard (Author); Brian Byrd (Author)
Regular Price: $90.00
Special Price: $72.00
ISBN: 9781842178331
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Volume: 13
The natural arc of resource-rich land which forms the ‘Fertile Crescent’ of South-West Asia is regarded as the earliest centre of village-based farming in the world and has been the focus of much of our understanding o... .... Learn More -
Die Weihrauchstraße [Hardback]
Joachim Willeitner (Author)
$37.00ISBN: 9783805346801
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
The Incense Road was once one of the main trade routes of the world. The precious frankincense, spices, gold and other valuable goods were transported over 3,000 kilometers across the Arabian Peninsula - a logistical challenge, which would not hav... .... Learn More -
Barda Balka [Paperback]
Bruce Howe (Author)
$29.95ISBN: 9781614910008
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Communications
Volume: 31
The Paleolithic site of Barda Balka (“standing stone,” “stone to lean upon” in local Kurdish) is situated about 3 kilometers northeast of Chemchemal in Kirkuk Province, Iraq. Until recent years, the site wa... .... Learn More -
Felsreliefs und Felsinschriften der luwischen Staaten in Kleinasien [Hardback]
Horst Ehringhaus (Author)
$45.00ISBN: 9783805345422
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
Series: Sonderbände der ANTIKEN WELT
The author makes reference to the artistic upstanding rock reliefs and rock inscriptions of the history and culture of Luwian states in Asia Minor for the first time. The reliefs and inscriptions of the 12th to 8th century BC still can be found at... .... Learn More -
Als die Götter Mensch waren: Eine Anthologie altorientalischer Literatur [Hardback]
Sabina Franke (Editor)
$30.00ISBN: 9783805346818
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
Fairy tales, myths and epics - ancient Middle Eastern literature still draws our attention and leads us into the fascinating time of the ancient Orient. Here the nonfamous fable of the tooth worm, which is causing the toothache, is told, but also ... .... Learn More -
Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume S, Fascicule 4 [Paperback]
$50.00ISBN: 9781885923790
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Hittite Dictionary
Volume: S.4
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Early Megiddo on the East Slope (The "Megiddo Stages"): A Report on the Early Occupation of the East Slope of Megiddo. Result of the Oriental Institute's Excavations, 1925-1933 [Hardback]
Eliot Braun (Author); David Ilan (Author); Ofer Marder (Author); Yael Braun (Author); Sariel Shalev (Author)
$75.00ISBN: 9781885923981
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Publications
Volume: 139
This report completes prior publications by Clarence S. Fisher (1929), P. L. O. Guy (1931), Robert M. Engberg and Geoffrey M. Shipton (1934a), and P. L. O. Guy and Robert M. Engberg (1938) on the earliest utilization and occupation of the slope at... .... Learn More -
Textile Terminologies in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean from the Third to the First Millennnia BC [Paperback]
Marie-Louise Nosch (Editor); C. Michel (Editor)
$60.00ISBN: 9781782973911
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: ANCIENT TEXTILES SERIES
Volume: 8
Written sources from the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean, from the third to the first millennia BC, provide a wealth of terms for textiles. The twenty-two chapters in the present volume offer the first comprehensive su... .... Learn More -
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 2013 [Paperback]
Lloyd Weeks (Editor); Janet Watson (Editor)
$130.00ISBN: 9781905739653
Published by : Archaeopress
Volume: 43
Papers from the forty-sixth meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, held at the British Museum, London, 13–15 July 2012 .... Learn More -
Persepolis: Die altpersische Residenzstadt [Hardback]
Alireza Shapur Shahbazi (Author)
$45.00ISBN: 9783805346788
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
The huge palaces, monumental columns, reliefs and noble material such as gold and black marble dominated the image of the city of Persepolis, which was found by Darius I. in 520 BC, for centuries. After the pillage of the city by the command of Al... .... Learn More