Near East & Cyprus
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Palmyra 1885: The Wolfe Expedition and the Photographs of John Henry Haynes [Paperback]
Benjamin Anderson(Author); Robert G. Ousterhout(Author)
$30.00ISBN: 9780956594877
Published by : Cornucopia Books/Caique Publishing
European adventurers began exploring Palmyra’s priceless Roman ruins in the 17th century, but it wasn’t until the advent of photography that the public became aware of its scale and majesty. In 1885, the sight of Palmyra astounded memb... .... Learn More -
Wealth and Warfare: The Archaeology of Money in Ancient Syria [Hardback]
Frédérique Duyrat(Author)
$200.00ISBN: 9780897223461
Published by : American Numismatic Society
Series: Numismatic Studies
Volume: 34
Wealth and Warfare assembles for the first time the evidence for coin finds in the region of ancient Syria from the 5th to the 1st century BCE. A full catalogue of all known coin hoards and published excavation finds serves as the basis for an exp... .... Learn More -
Dynamics of Production in the Ancient Near East [Paperback]
Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785702839
Published by : Oxbow Books
The transition between the 2nd and the 1st millennium BC was an era of deep economic changes in the ancient Near East. An increasing monetization of transactions, a broader use of silver, the management of the resources of temples through “e... .... Learn More -
Travel, Geography and Culture in Ancient Greece, Egypt and the Near East [Paperback]
Jim Roy(Editor); Colin Adams(Editor)
$48.00ISBN: 9781785705502
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Leicester Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society
Volume: 10
This collection of essays looks beyond the focus of existing works on ancient travel and its documentation, to examine its social and cultural implications. For travel (and the reasons behind it) offers a window on to many features of ancient soci... .... Learn More -
Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area: The History, Origin, and Development of Irrigated Agriculture [Hardback]
Boris V. Andrianov(Author); Simone Mantellini(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842173848
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: American School of Prehistoric Research Monograph
Ancient Irrigation Systems in the Aral Sea Area, is the English translation of Boris Vasilevich Andrianov's work, Drevnie orositelnye sistemy priaralya , concerning the study of ancient irrigation systems and the settlement pattern in the histori... .... Learn More -
Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: The Second Millennium BC. Beyond Babylon [Hardback]
Edith Porada(Author); Dominique Collon(Author)
$120.00ISBN: 9780714111308
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Cylinder Seals
Volume: IV
Where the Egyptians have wall paintings, the ancient Near East
has cylinder seals as the main source of illustrative material, covering a range of subject matter and periods not covered by relief sculptures. The seals are parti... .... Learn More -
Carchemish in Context [Hardback]
Edgar Peltenburg(Author); T. J. Wilkinson(Author); Eleanor Barbanes Wilkinson(Author)
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ISBN: 9781785701115
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: BANEA Monograph
Volume: 4
The city of Carchemish in the valley of the Euphrates river can be regarded as one of the iconic sites in the Middle East, a mound complex known both for its own intrinsic qualities as the seat of later Hittite power and Neo-Hittite kings, but als... .... Learn More -
Fresh Fields and Pastures New: Papers Presented in Honor of Andrew M.T. Moore [Paperback]
Katina T. Lillios(Editor); Michael Chazan(Editor)
$40.00ISBN: 9789088903489
Published by : Sidestone Press
This volume honors the career and contributions of Andrew M.T. Moore. Moore’s groundbreaking work at Abu Hureyra, Syria and excavations at Neolithic sites in Croatia have made him a pioneer in integrated interdisciplinary research in archaeo... .... Learn More -
Preludes to Urbanism: In Honour of Joan Oates [Hardback]
Augusta McMahon(Editor); Harriet Crawford(Editor)
$60.00ISBN: 9781902937656
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
This volume explores early complex society and nascent urbanism, based in studies of Mesopotamia during the fifth–fourth millennia BC. Urbanism in the Near East has traditionally been located in late fourth millennium BC southern Mesopotamia... .... Learn More -
Tell Jerablus Tahtani, Syria, I: Mortuary Practices at an Early Bronze Age Fort on the Euphrates River. [Hardback]
Edgar Peltenburg(Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9781785701436
Published by : Council for British Research in the Levant
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Volume: 17
The Great Bend of the Euphrates River in North Syria and Southeast Anatolia was a strategic nexus of communications between different parts of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean. In spite of its potential for inter-regional studies, the ... .... Learn More
