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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A Companion to Assyria [Hardback]
Eckart Frahm (Editor)
£120.00ISBN: 9781444335934
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell
Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
A Companion to Assyria is a collection of original essays on ancient Assyria written by key international scholars. These new scholarly contributions have substantially reshaped contemporary understanding of society and life in this ancient civili... .... Learn More -
Expressions of Cult in the Southern Levant in the Greco-Roman Period: Manifestations in Text and Material Culture [Paperback]
Oren Tal (Editor); Zeev Weiss (Editor)
£102.00ISBN: 9782503553351
Published by : Brepols
Series: Contextualizing the Sacred
Volume: 6
The arrival of Alexander the Great in the southern Levant ushered in many changes, and the subsequent period saw many more upheavals, including the Roman conquest, the Jewish revolts, and the gradual Christianization of the Holy Land. Throughout t... .... Learn More -
The Late Third Millennium in the Ancient Near East: Chronology, C14, and Climate Change [Paperback]
Felix Höflmayer (Editor)
£20.95ISBN: 9781614910367
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Seminars
Volume: 11
During the late third millennium BC one of the biggest transformations of the ancient Near East took place, affecting almost all regions from Egypt to Anatolia and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Iranian plateau. This period not only saw the col... .... Learn More -
Wealth and Warfare: The Archaeology of Money in Ancient Syria [Hardback]
Frédérique Duyrat (Author)
Regular Price: £160.00
Special Price: £80.00
ISBN: 9780897223461
Published by : American Numismatic Society
Series: Numismatic Studies
Volume: 34
This volume is the first comprehensive look at Syrian coin hoards and contains a catalogue of every coin hoard discovered in what is now modern Syria through 2010. Duyrat explores the definitions of "hoard" and "treasure", explores the circulation... .... Learn More -
Transcaucasian Bronze Belts [Paperback]
Manuel Castellucia (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9781407315003
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2842
The present work catalogues and analyses the so-called ‘bronze belts’ - thin metal plaques, decorated or not - that represent one of the main features of the material culture of the native peoples of the Caucasus area during the Iron Age. Given th... .... Learn More -
The Economy of Late Achaemenid and Seleucid Babylonia [Hardback]
Reinhard Pirngruber (Author)
£64.99ISBN: 9781107106062
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In this book Reinhard Pirngruber provides a full reassessment of the economic structures and market performance in Late Achaemenid and Seleucid Babylonia. His approach is informed by the theoretical insights of New Institutional Economics and... .... Learn More
The Funerary Monuments of Rough Cilicia and Isauria [Paperback]
Yasemin Er Scarborough (Author)
£47.00ISBN: 9781407315287
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2846
This book is an investigation of the funerary monuments of Rough Cilicia and Isauria. Rock-cut tombs, tower tombs, temple tombs, grave houses, barrel-vaulted aedicula tombs, tombs with monumental columns, sarcophagi, larnaces, rectangular funerary... .... Learn More
Painting Pots – Painting People: Late Neolithic Ceramics in Ancient Mesopotamia [Hardback]
Walter Cruells (Editor); Inna Mateiciucová (Editor); Olivier Nieuwenhuyse (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781785704390
Published by : Oxbow Books
Archaeologists have recently made tremendous advances in understanding the early ceramic traditions of the prehistoric Near East. Over the past decade there has been a huge increase in research focusing on various aspects of ceramic production, it... .... Learn More
Simboli e associazioni astrali nella glittica mesopotamica del Bronzo Tardo [Paperback]
Sara Pizzamenti (Author)
£67.00ISBN: 9781407315041
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2841
The present book focuses on astral symbols as they are represented on Mitannian, Cassite and Middle Assyrian seals and seal impressions. Starting from an analysis of the symbols on a corpus of 1090 seals and seal impressions, those with astral sig... .... Learn More
With Alexander in India and Central Asia: Moving east and back to west [Paperback]
Claudia Antonetti (Editor); P. Biagi (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9781785705847
Published by : Oxbow Books
Alexander conquered most parts of the Western World, but there is a great deal of controversy over his invasion of India, the least known of his campaigns. In BC 327 Alexander came to India, and tried to cross the Jhelum river for the invasion, bu... .... Learn More
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