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Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palaeographic, of the Late James Prinsep
- to Which Are Added His Useful Tables, Illustrative of Indian History, Chronology, Modern Coinages, Weights, Measures, Etc
(Paperback)
James Prinsep
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R715
Discovery Miles 7 150
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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First hand anecdotal snap shots offer a taste of daily life during
the author's fifteen-year period at the High Down and Woomera
rocket test sites. The preparation of eight Black Knight and four
Black Arrow rockets up to their liftoff are recounted in detail
with relevant diagrams and a few photos. So-called "rocket-science"
jargon is deliberately sidestepped throughout. Delays that dogged
Black Arrow's birth are touched along with a full explanation for
terminating RO's maiden flight. Peripheral issues met during the
final two proving flights are also discussed. The launch team's
bittersweet feelings as R3 was readied and lifted off to deliver
Prospero into earth orbit are chronicled alongside their dismay at
the projects unfitting end. Black Arrow was Britain's only home
grown rocket to stage an orbital insertion and may also be the only
rocket to achieve this using peroxide oxidiser.
This study presents the first comprehensive reconstruction of the
'New Jerusalem' Scroll from the Dead Sea, through integration of
all the known fragments into a single entity. Secret ceremonies in
the temple are discussed; an architectural reconstruction of the
elements described in the scroll is presented, accompanied by
computerized plans; a consideration of the tradition of planning
the ideal city leads to an examination of the use of metrology,
mathematics; and a number mysticism in the plan of the 'New
Jerusalem'. A comparison is also made with the traditions of
building orthogonal cities in Egypt, Greece, Rome and the Holy
Land, as manifested in archaeological findings.>
By far the largest single source of new information about the
ancient Greek and Roman world is provided by the flow of newly
discovered inscriptions, which presents both a challenge and an
opportunity. In order to interpret any inscription we need to be
able to apply the knowledge that we already have. On the other
hand, inscriptions present the opportunity to gain new knowledge
about virtually every aspect of the mix of cultures and societies
which we call Graeco-Roman antiquity. This book therefore
emphasises the importance of the two-way connections and
contributions which link epigraphic studies with the historical
sciences as a whole. Epigraphic information is helping to reshape
and extend our knowledge of the religious life, the languages, the
populations, the governmental systems, and the economies of the
Graeco-Roman world. New techniques and technologies are helping to
make epigraphically based information more accessible, whether in
terms of public display or in terms of the ever-widening
possibilities of information technology. The act of looking at the
Graeco-Roman world through the window provided by the epigraphic
record offers a distinctive gaze of unique and exceptional value.
In June, 1973, a group of eleven teachers, students and pupils from
Glasgow boarded a new school minibus and began a trip - across
Europe, Turkey, Syria and Iraq - to Persepolis, in Iran, the
ceremonial capital of the great king Darius of Persia and his son
and successor Xerxes. This is the story, based on the diary and
photographs of one of the teachers. A fascinating mix of
archaeology and culture, the practicalities of travel on a tight
budget, bureaucracy, political disruption, and food and drink.
Liberally illustrated with maps of the route and photographs of
ancient sites, cities and landscapes, and of the minibus and its
inhabitants.
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