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ISBN: 9781782976790
Published by : Oxbow Books
Religion is a phenomenon that is inseparable from human society. It brings about a set of emotional, ideological and practical elements that are pervasive in the social fabric of any society and can be characterized by a number of features. These ... .... Learn More

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ISBN: 9781785700668
Published by : Oxbow Books
There are countless references to Cyprus in Venice: in palaces, primarily that of Queen Caterina Corner, in the church of Saints Giovanni e Paolo, where the skin of Mark Antonius Bragadin (the staunch defender of Famagusta) is guarded, in the spic... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714151137
Published by : British Museum
Series: Objects in Focus
The Standard of Ur is one of the most famous objects to be discovered from ancient Mesopotamia. It was unearthed in a tomb in 1927 by Leonard Woolley during his archaeological excavations of the ‘Royal Cemetery’ of Ur located in presen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780903472302
Published by : British Institute for the Study of Iraq
Series: Samarra Studies
Samarra in central Iraq was the capital of the Abbasid caliphate from 836 to 892 AD. The Archaeological Atlas of Samarra sets out to map and catalogue the site and buildings of the Abbasid capital at Samarra in the period 836 to 8... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094495
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
This substantial and largely unknown Persian chronicle of the reign of Shah ‘Abbas I (1587–1629) exists in a unique manuscript, recently discovered in the Library of Christ’s College, Cambridge. Its author, Fazli Beg Khuzani Isfa... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781782977865
Published by : Council for British Research in the Levant
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Volume: 16
The archaeological site of Tell Nebi Mend, a tell on the Homs plain in present-day Syria, is universally recognised as the location, first, of Qadesh (or Kadesh), where, in c. 1286 BC, the armies of Ramesses II of Egypt and Muwatalli II of Great H... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788857500997
Published by : Mimesis International
The present volume contains a selection of the scholarly work of one of Europe’s most prominent representatives of modern, transdisciplinary Oriental studies: Bert Georg Fragner. His amazing work in the fields of Iranian, Central Asian and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783935751186
Published by : Kerns Verlag
Series: Tübingen Publications on the Archaeology of Southwestern Asia
Between 2005 and 2007 researchers from the Tübingen Iranian Stone Age Research Project (TISARP) conducted fieldwork at the cave of Ghār-e Boof on the edge of the Dasht-e Rostam in the southwestern Zagros. In this book Elham Ghasidian pre... .... Learn More

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ISBN: 9781782977971
Published by : Oxbow Books
The city of Erbil, which now claims to be one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, lies on the rich alluvial plains at the foot of the piedmont of the Zagros mountains in a strategic position which from the earliest times made ... .... Learn More