Ancient Near East & Cyprus

ISBN: 9780903472296
Published by : British Institute for the Study of Iraq
Series: Ivories from Nimrud
Volume: VII
The Lost Art of the Phoenicians
Fifty years have passed since the British School of Archaeology in Iraq raised the last ivory from the soil of Fort Shalmaneser. Literally thousands were found, many of which have already been p... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515104128
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Oriens et Occidens
Volume: 21
Hatra is the richest archaeological site in the Parthian Empire known to date and has great potential for a better understanding of this enigmatic empire and its relationship with Rome. After an introduction to this little known site, seventeen co... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842174739
Published by : Council for British Research in the Levant
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Volume: 11
The Jordanian badia is an arid region that has been largely protected from modern development by its extreme climate and has preserved a remarkably rich record of its prehistoric past. This is the second of two volumes to document... .... Learn More

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 9780714111872
Published by : British Museum Press
The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. The Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian King Cyrus the Great (559−530BC) after he captured... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783805345804
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
Series: AW- Sonderband
In the highlands of Anatolia among deep canyons and vast valleys amazing testimonies of the byzantine world remained. In this book Cappadocia, which is known for its cave churches, for the first time, is extensively appreciated as a historic lands... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700172048
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Sitzungsberichte der Phil.-Hist. Klasse
Volume: 827
This current volume presents the third of five sections of the Geschichte Wassafs (Tarih-i Wassaf) translated into German by the Austrian orientalist Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (17441856). In it, the author of this important work on Persian hi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783805346092
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
The carian king Mausolus was one of the great builders of the ancient world: His tomb, the Maussolleion is one the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and his planned residence Halicarnassus is considered to be the most modern city of that time. Ma... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700170617
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Untersuchungen der Zweigstelle Kairo des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts
Volume: 37
Levantine Painted Ware is one of the most distinctive types of pottery from the Middle Bronze Age and a hallmark of the beginning of this period as it appears almost exclusively in early Middle Bronze Age contexts at sites in the ... .... Learn More