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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Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln: Glass and Glassmaking in the Late Bronze Age [Hardback]
Andrew J. Shortland (Author)
£60.50ISBN: 9789058676917
Published by : Leuven University Press
Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln examines the history of the first glass, from its early sporadic occurrence, through the height of its production in the late second millennium BC, to its disappearance at the end of that millennium. The area covered ... .... Learn More -
The Oxus Treasure [Paperback]
John Curtis (Author)
£5.00ISBN: 9780714150796
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
In May 1880 Captain F.C. Burton, a British political officer in Afghanistan, rescued a group of merchants who had been captured by bandits while travelling between Kabul and Peshawar. With them was a rich and impressive collection of gold and s... .... Learn More -
The Funeral Kit: Mortuary Practices in the Archaeological Record [Hardback]
Jill L. Baker (Author)
£57.50ISBN: 9781598746716
Published by : Left Coast Press
Studies of mortuary archaeology tend to focus on difference - how the researcher can identify age, gender, status, and ethnicity from the contents of a burial. Jill Baker's innovative approach begins from the opposite point: how can you recogni... .... Learn More -
Early Islamic Iran [Hardback]
Edmund Herzig (Author)
£41.50ISBN: 9781780760612
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
This latest volume in "The Idea of Iran" series traces that critical moment in Iranian history which followed the transformation of ancient traditions during the country's conversion and initial Islamic period. Contributors discuss, from a var... .... Learn More -
Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions, Volume 1: Analysis [Hardback]
Silvia Ferrara (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9780199607570
Published by : Oxford University Press
This volume offers the first comprehensive examination of an ancient writing system from Cyprus and Syria known as Cypro-Minoan, which remains undeciphered. With a new methodology concentrating on a ground-breaking contextual approach, Ferrara ... .... Learn More -
A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East [Hardback]
D. T. Potts (Author)
£235.00ISBN: 9781405189880
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
This comprehensive and authoritative work draws together 58 new essays from an international community of ancient Near East scholars. It highlights the enormous variation in cultural developments across roughly 11,000 years of human endeavour. ... .... Learn More -
Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim and Samaria Between Antiochus III and Antiochus IV Epiphanes [Hardback]
Jan Dusek (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9789004183858
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
The theme of the book stands on the intersection of epigraphy and historical research: the Aramaic and Hebrew inscriptions discovered in the vicinity of the Yahwistic sanctuary on Mt. Gerizim and their historical background. The study addresses... .... Learn More -
The Coins of Herod: A Modern Analysis and Die Classification [Hardback]
Donald T Ariel (Author);Jean-Philippe Fontanille (Author)
£125.00ISBN: 9789004208018
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Herod, ruler of Judea at a pivotal time (404 BCE) in the regions history, was Romes most famous client king. In this volume, Herods coinage benefits from a comprehensive reappraisal. The coins and dies have been thoroughly examined, resulting i... .... Learn More -
Khashuri Natsargora: The Early Bronze Age Graves [Paperback]
E Rova (Author);Marina Puturidze (Author)
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