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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Ancient Settlement Patterns and Cultures in the Ram Hormuz Plain, Southwestern Iran: Excavations at Tall-e Geser and Regional Survey in the Ram Hormuz Area [Hardback]
Abbas Alizadeh (Author); Loghman Ahmadzadeh (Author); Mehdi Omidfar (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9781885923974
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Publications
Volume: 140
After a decade-long hiatus in the years of World War II, archaeological fieldwork was resumed in Iran in 1948. In that year, the Oriental Institute returned to its long tradition of archaeological research by sending Donald McCown to the lowlands ... .... 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)
£30.00ISBN: 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 -
Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume S, Fascicule 4 [Paperback]
£32.00ISBN: 9781885923790
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Hittite Dictionary
Volume: S.4
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The Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Volume Š, fascicle 3 [Paperback]
Hans G. Guterbock† (Editor); Harry A. Hoffner (Author); Theo P. J. van den Hout (Editor)
£18.50ISBN: 9781885923950
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
The Hittite language is the earliest preserved member of the Indo-European family of languages. It was written on clay tablets in central Asia Minor over a five hundred year span (ca. 1650-1180 B.C.) which witnessed the rise, the ... .... Learn More -
AMILLA: The Quest for Excellence. Studies Presented to Guenter Kopcke in Celebration of His 75th Birthday [Hardback]
Robert B. Koehl (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9781931534734
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: Prehistory Monographs
Volume: 43
Contributions by 34 scholars are brought together here to create a volume in honor of the long and fruitful career of Guenter Kopcke who is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York ... .... Learn More -
The Neolithic Settlement of Knossos in Crete: New Evidence for the Early Occupation of Crete and the Aegean Islands [Hardback]
Nikos Efstratiou (Editor); Alexandra Karetsou (Editor); Maria Ntinou (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9781931534727
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: Prehistory Monographs
Volume: 42
The site of Knossos on the Kephala hill in central Crete is of great archaeological and historical importance for both Greece and Europe. Dating to 7000 B.C., it is the home of one of the earliest farming societies in southeastern... .... Learn More -
Our Work: Modern Jobs – Ancient Origins [Paperback]
Jack Green (Editor); Emily Teeter (Editor)
£19.00ISBN: 9781885923998
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Museum Publications
Volume: 36
Our Work: Modern Jobs – Ancient Origins is the catalog for a photo-based exhibit that reveals that many modern professions originated in the ancient Middle East. Artifacts from the Oriental Institute Museum were paired with ... .... Learn More -
Qumran Revisited: A Reassessment of the Archaeology of the Site and its Texts [Paperback]
David Stacey (Author); Gregory Doudna (Author)
£29.00ISBN: 9781407311388
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Volume: 2520
The discovery by Bedouin of ancient scrolls in caves near the Dead Sea in 1947 led to scholastic and popular excitement that continues to the present day. This volume will assist text scholars and archaeologists alike, as well as ... .... Learn More -
Souvenirs and New Ideas [Paperback]
Diane Fortenberry (Editor)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £18.00
ISBN: 9781842178157
Published by : Oxbow Books
During the 18th and 19th centuries, many travellers aimed to record their travels through Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant and Turkey by collecting souvenirs and mementos of places they had visited. This natural inclination took man... .... Learn More -
La cerámica importada de Tell el-Ghaba, norte de Sinaí : Interacciones locales y regionales durante la época saíta (siglos VII-VI a.C.) [Paperback]
Susana Teresa Basílico (Author)
£46.00ISBN: 9781407311050
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2491
In this work the author analyzes the imported pottery at Tell el -Ghaba (N. Sinai) in its contextual relationship, focusing on the different styles, morphology and pastes, to further conduct a comparative study with pottery coming... .... Learn More