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Hatra: Il territorio e l'urbanistica - Prefazione di Roberta Venco Ricciardi (Italian, Paperback): Enrico Foietta Hatra: Il territorio e l'urbanistica - Prefazione di Roberta Venco Ricciardi (Italian, Paperback)
Enrico Foietta
R2,653 Discovery Miles 26 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The ancient city of Hatra is located 80 km southwest of the modern city of Mosul. The site reached its apogee during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, arriving at the striking dimensions of c. 300 hectares and into a new role as the capital of a significant buffer state between the Parthian and Roman empires. This volume is devoted to the study of the landscape surrounding Hatra and of the development of this important city, drawing on published information gathered by Iraqi and foreign expeditions, as well as unpublished data garnered from over fifteen years of fieldwork at the site by the Italian Archaeological Expedition. The study of the landscape comprehends the morphology, hydrology and geology of the region and offers new proposals regarding the exploitation of natural resources and the development of regional and local routes through the territory under Hatra's political and military control during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. The analysis of Hatra as an urban centre consists of a detailed study of the city's hydrology, street network and urban areas, with the purpose of detecting the principles behind the planning and development of the city. The main elements of the urban space are treated in this book: the Temenos area and the Small Shrines, the Necropoles, the Fortifications, the Houses, and the Palaces. Due to the cross-referencing of archaeological, historical and epigraphic data, new ideas have been proposed regarding the chronological phases of urbanism at Hatra, from its foundation up to the destruction of the city by the Sasanian army in AD 241. | La citta di Hatra si trova nella Jazira irachena a circa 80 km a sud-ovest di Mosul. Il centro raggiunse il suo apogeo durante il II-III sec. d.C., toccando l'impressionante estensione di quasi 300 ettari e divenendo la capitale di un influente stato cuscinetto, collocato tra l'impero partico e l'impero romano. Questo volume e dedicato allo studio del territorio e dell'urbanistica di questo importante sito antico, impiegando contestualmente informazioni edite, raccolte dalle varie missioni irachene e straniere che si sono avvicendate sul terreno, e inedite, provenienti dal vasto Archivio della Missione Archeologica Italiana a Hatra in piu di quindici anni di ricerche sul campo. Lo studio del territorio definisce un quadro dettagliato della morfologia, idrologia e geologia della regione e dell'area prossima al centro, oltre a proporre alcune nuove ipotesi interpretative sullo sfruttamento delle risorse ambientali, sull'articolazione della rete viaria periurbana e regionale e sull'estensione del territorio sottoposto al controllo politico e militare della citta durante il II e III sec. d.C. L'analisi urbanistica comprende uno studio approfondito dell'idrologia cittadina, della rete stradale e delle aree urbane, allo scopo di individuarne le principali caratteristiche ed eventuali regole nella pianificazione e nello sviluppo della citta. Nel libro sono inoltre analizzati i principali elementi che compongono il tessuto urbano: il Temenos e i templi minori, le necropoli, le difese cittadine, le case e i palazzi. Grazie all'utilizzo contestuale del dato archeologico, storico ed epigrafico, e stato inoltre possibile formulare nuove ipotesi sulle fasi urbanistiche e sulla cronologia di Hatra dalla fondazione alla sua distruzione, avvenuta per mano sasanide nel 241 d.C.

Recording Village Life - A Coptic Scribe in Early Islamic Egypt (Hardcover): Jennifer Cromwell Recording Village Life - A Coptic Scribe in Early Islamic Egypt (Hardcover)
Jennifer Cromwell
R2,360 Discovery Miles 23 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Recording Village Life presents a close study of over 140 Coptic texts written between 724-756 CE by a single scribe, Aristophanes son of Johannes, of the village Djeme in western Thebes. These texts, which focus primarily on taxation and property concerns, yield a wealth of knowledge about social and economic changes happening at both the community and country-wide levels during the early years of Islamic rule in Egypt. Additionally, they offer a fascinating picture of the scribe's role within this world, illuminating both the practical aspects of his work and the social and professional connections with clients for whom he wrote legal documents. Papyrological analysis of Aristophanes' documents, within the context of the textual record of the village, shows a new and divergent scribal practice that reflects broader trends among his contemporaries: Aristophanes was part of a larger, national system of administrative changes, enacted by the country's Arab rulers in order to better control administrative practices and fiscal policies within the country. Yet Aristophanes' dossier shows him not just as an administrator, revealing details about his life, his role in the community, and the elite networks within which he operated. This unique perspective provides new insights into both the micro-history of an individual's experience of eighth-century Theban village life, and its reflection in the macro social, economic, and political trends in Egypt at this time. This book will prove valuable to scholars of late antique studies, papyrology, philology, early Islamic history, social and economic history, and Egyptology.

Egyptomania Goes to the Movies - From Archaeology to Popular Craze to Hollywood Fantasy (Paperback): Matthew Coniam Egyptomania Goes to the Movies - From Archaeology to Popular Craze to Hollywood Fantasy (Paperback)
Matthew Coniam
R982 Discovery Miles 9 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Egyptomania,"" the West's obsession with the strange and magnificent world of Ancient Egypt, has for centuries been reflected in architecture, literature and the performing arts. But the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922, by a sensation-hungry world newly united by mass media, created a wave of fascination unlike anything before. They called it ""Tutmania"" and its influence was felt everywhere from fashion to home decor to popular music - and notably in the new medium of film. This study traces the origins of 20th century cinema's obsession with Ancient Egypt through previous eras and relates its recurring themes and ideas to the historical reality of the land of the Pharaohs.

Le decor architectural artuqide en pierre de Mardin place dans son contexte regional - Contribution a l'histoire du decor... Le decor architectural artuqide en pierre de Mardin place dans son contexte regional - Contribution a l'histoire du decor geometrique et vegetal du Proche-Orient des XIIe-XVe siecles (French, Paperback)
Deniz Beyazit
R2,443 Discovery Miles 24 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Artuqids were one of the successor dynasties that rose to power in the aftermath of the eleventh-twelfth century invasion of Western and Central Asia by the Seljuq Turks. While the political power of the Artuqids was limited to the Diyar Bakr, a small region in northern Jazira corresponding to Southeastern Turkey, their artistic legacy is noteworthy. The many surviving Artuqid monuments, built over three hundred years (early 12th - early 15th century), and their decoration exemplify the mastery of stone carving which is reflected in intricate designs and motifs. Mardin, alongside other Artuqid centers such as Amid, Mayyafariqin and Hisn Kayfa, was set within a larger zone of diverse Christian and Islamic artistic traditions. This book defines Mardin's artistic context in relation to the other Artuqid centers, as well as the neighboring zones that encompass Anatolia, the Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Egypt. During the Artuqid period an original style developed in Mardin and the Diyar Bakr, which itself was rooted in a well-established local school of stone carving. Connected with Christian traditions found in the Syriac Tur 'Abdin and in Late Antique Syria, the decoration also compares with that of monuments in Armenia and Georgia, and resonates with artistic practices seen in areas controlled by the regional Muslim powers of the time: the Zangids, Ayyubids, Mameluks, Great and Anatolian Seljuqs and the Ilkhanids. The Artuqid buildings reflect the spirit of the time, when the Jazira served as an artistic platform, fostering the circulation of ideas that led to new inspiration, and open-minded rulers and patrons, curious and receptive to new creations, stimulated the creative efforts of architects, stone carvers and craftsmen. The decorated monuments also attest to the existence of significant economic wealth and the need to commission sophisticated buildings that magnified the political and social status of the ruling elite's.

Banquets, Rations et Offrandes Alimentaires au Proche-Orient ancien - 10,000 ans d'histoire alimentaire revelee (French,... Banquets, Rations et Offrandes Alimentaires au Proche-Orient ancien - 10,000 ans d'histoire alimentaire revelee (French, Paperback)
Daniel Bonneterre
R1,670 Discovery Miles 16 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

L'ouvrage se propose de presenter la question essentielle de la consommation alimentaire dans le Proche-Orient ancien, notamment entre le IVe et le Ier millenaire av. J.-C. Grace aux decouvertes archeologiques et surtout grace a une abondante documentation textuelle, les historiens disposent aujourd'hui de sources fiables decrivant les approvisionnements des cites de Mesopotamie. Ainsi voit-on mieux la variete des produits disponibles, celle-ci etait largement plus grande que ce que l'on pouvait imaginer il y a peu. La transformation des ingredients fait aussi apparaitre des techniques insoupconnees a une epoque preindustrielle. La codification en recettes culinaires elaborees pour l'usage des temples reflete egalement un haut developpement. Les rituels religieux s'appuyaient sur un code alimentaire structure, dont les interdits et les tabous ne forment que l'une des facettes. Certains aspects de la vie quotidienne sont presentes sous un jour nouveau. Au premier chef le banquet qui est envisage comme une veritable institution modelant des comportements urbains. De fait, la representation des festins et des banquets dans les temples et les palais constituent des themes classiques de l'art et de la litterature antique. Comprendre l'importance du repas comme rite de cohesion sociale permet incidemment de mieux envisager des evenements qui se derouleront des siecles plus tard.

La production de la ceramique antique dans la region de Salakta et Ksour Essef (Tunisie) (French, Paperback): Jihen Nacef La production de la ceramique antique dans la region de Salakta et Ksour Essef (Tunisie) (French, Paperback)
Jihen Nacef
R1,390 Discovery Miles 13 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This publication provides the most updated information on the ceramic production (amphorae, cooking and coarse wares, ceramic building materials) of Salakta and the Ksour Essef district, in the Sahel region of Tunisia, from the 3rd century BC to the 7th century AD. This book deals with the history and the archaeology of Sullecthum/Salakta, the typology of the ceramic production (mainly amphorae), the chronology and the location of the workshops, the amphora stamps and contents, the distribution in the Mediterranean, and the organisation of production and trade. The author is Lecturer at the Institut Superieur des Etudes Appliquees en Humanites de Mahdia (University of Monastir, Tunisia). French text with English abstract.

Du Mont Liban aux Sierras d'Espagne - Sols, eau et societes en montagne: Autour du projet franco-libanais CEDRE "Nahr... Du Mont Liban aux Sierras d'Espagne - Sols, eau et societes en montagne: Autour du projet franco-libanais CEDRE "Nahr Ibrahim" (French, Paperback)
Romana Harfouche, Pierre Poupet
R1,369 Discovery Miles 13 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Soil and water management is a major stake for the current Mediterranean countries. It was also an important challenge for past societies, especially since the Neolithic and the early well-established farming communities. the mastery of these vital resources accompanied the complexification of social organization. It also widely contributed, if not to impulse it, at least to structure it. This volume presents the results of the CEDRE multidisciplinary project NAHR IBRAHIM that was led on the Lebanese mountain centered around the Nahr Ibrahim valley (the famous Adonis valley in Antiquity), in the hinterland of the ancient city of Byblos. the mountain has been under-researched by archaeology and history due to the attractiveness of the prestigious coastal phoenician cities. The history of settlement patterns and the construction of agricultural mountainous landscapes since the Early Bronze Age is examined with comparisons from other regions surrounding the Mediterranean Basin.

Abusir - Secrets of the Desert and the Pyramids (Czech, English, Paperback): Petra Vlckova Abusir - Secrets of the Desert and the Pyramids (Czech, English, Paperback)
Petra Vlckova; Edited by Hana Benesovska
R1,707 R1,517 Discovery Miles 15 170 Save R190 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the catalogue of the exhibition Abusir, held at the Naprstek Museum in 2005. The catalogue presents for the first time a complex overview of the archaeological work and its results at Abusir, showing the activities of Czech and German archaeological teams. The site offers a unique insight into several millennia of Egyptian history. The richness of finds and their infinite variety are richly illustrated with many colour and black and white photographs.

Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity - An Archaeological Study of Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, and Early Israel 1300-1100... Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity - An Archaeological Study of Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, and Early Israel 1300-1100 B.C.E. (Hardcover)
Ann E. Killebrew
R4,503 Discovery Miles 45 030 Out of stock

Ancient Israel did not emerge within a vacuum but rather came to exist alongside various peoples, including Canaanites, Egyptians, and Philistines. Indeed, Israel's very proximity to these groups has made it difficult-until now-to distinguish the archaeological traces of early Israel and other contemporary groups. Through an analysis of the results from recent excavations in light of relevant historical and later biblical texts, this book proposes that it is possible to identify these peoples and trace culturally or ethnically defined boundaries in the archaeological record. Features of late second-millennium B.C.E. culture are critically examined in their historical and biblical contexts in order to define the complex social boundaries of the early Iron Age and reconstruct the diverse material world of these four peoples. Of particular value to scholars, archaeologists, and historians, this volume will also be a standard reference and resource for students and other readers interested in the emergence of early Israel. "Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)"

The Stone and Metal Miniature Repertoire of the Awam Cemetery Marib (Yemen) (Hardcover): D'Arne O'Neill The Stone and Metal Miniature Repertoire of the Awam Cemetery Marib (Yemen) (Hardcover)
D'Arne O'Neill
R4,744 Discovery Miles 47 440 Out of stock
Tresors de monnaies pheniciennes et circulation monetaire (Ve-IVe siecles avant J.-C.) (French, Paperback): A. G. Elayi Tresors de monnaies pheniciennes et circulation monetaire (Ve-IVe siecles avant J.-C.) (French, Paperback)
A. G. Elayi
R2,158 Discovery Miles 21 580 Out of stock
EK 8184. Tome I: Survey Archeologique Des Kellia (Basse-Egypte). Rapport De La Campagne 1981 - Fasc. 1: Texte; Fasc. 2:... EK 8184. Tome I: Survey Archeologique Des Kellia (Basse-Egypte). Rapport De La Campagne 1981 - Fasc. 1: Texte; Fasc. 2: Planches (French, Hardcover)
Rodolphe Kasser
R7,572 Discovery Miles 75 720 Out of stock
Le Livre de la Vache Du Ciel (French, Paperback): Benoit Lurson, Arnaud Roueche Le Livre de la Vache Du Ciel (French, Paperback)
Benoit Lurson, Arnaud Roueche
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Out of stock
Reconstructing Pathyris' Archives - A Multicultural Community in Hellenistic Egypt (Paperback): S. Waebens Reconstructing Pathyris' Archives - A Multicultural Community in Hellenistic Egypt (Paperback)
S. Waebens
R1,527 Discovery Miles 15 270 Out of stock

The small town of Pathyris, modern Gebelein, is located south of Thebes. After a huge revolt suppressed in 186 B.C., a Ptolemaic military camp was built in this town, where local people could serve as soldiers-serving-for-pay. The Government took several initiatives to Hellenize the town, resulting in a bilingual society. The town produced hundreds of papyri and ostraka, discovered during legal excavations and illegal diggings at the end of the 19th century and in the 20th century. Katelijn Vandorpe and Sofie Waebens describe the history of the town and reconstruct the bilingual archives by using, among other things, prosopographical data and the method of museum archaeology.

Un Papyrus Et Son Scribe - Le Livre Des Morts Vatican - Museo Gregoriano Egizio 48832 (French, Paperback): Anni Gasse Un Papyrus Et Son Scribe - Le Livre Des Morts Vatican - Museo Gregoriano Egizio 48832 (French, Paperback)
Anni Gasse
R1,530 Discovery Miles 15 300 Out of stock
Terra Santa in Tasca - Israele E Palestina (Italian, Paperback): Elena Bolognesi Terra Santa in Tasca - Israele E Palestina (Italian, Paperback)
Elena Bolognesi
R944 Discovery Miles 9 440 Out of stock
Proc of the Near and Middle East Civ Graduate Symposia 1998-2000 (Paperback): Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations Graduate... Proc of the Near and Middle East Civ Graduate Symposia 1998-2000 (Paperback)
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations Graduate Students Association
R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Out of stock
Les Objets Egyptiens Et Egyptisants Du Mobilier Funeraire Cartaginois (French, Paperback): J Vercoutter Les Objets Egyptiens Et Egyptisants Du Mobilier Funeraire Cartaginois (French, Paperback)
J Vercoutter
R4,211 Discovery Miles 42 110 Out of stock
Archaische Texte Aus Uruk / Archaische Verwaltungstexte Aus Uruk - Die Heidelberger Sammlung (German, Hardcover): Robert K.... Archaische Texte Aus Uruk / Archaische Verwaltungstexte Aus Uruk - Die Heidelberger Sammlung (German, Hardcover)
Robert K. Englund, Hans J. Nissen; Contributions by Rainer M Boehmer
R1,672 Discovery Miles 16 720 Out of stock
Quinze ans de recherche (1985-2000) sur la Transeuphratene a l'epoque perse (French, Paperback): J. Sapin Quinze ans de recherche (1985-2000) sur la Transeuphratene a l'epoque perse (French, Paperback)
J. Sapin
R2,390 Discovery Miles 23 900 Out of stock
Abusir XV - The Stone Vessels and Stone Statues from the Mortuary Complex of Neferre at Abusir (Paperback): Petra Vlckova, Hana... Abusir XV - The Stone Vessels and Stone Statues from the Mortuary Complex of Neferre at Abusir (Paperback)
Petra Vlckova, Hana Benesovska, Jaromir Leichmann, Jana Hruba
R1,075 R1,010 Discovery Miles 10 100 Save R65 (6%) Out of stock

An assemblage of stone vessels and stone statues belongs to the extensive archaeological material brought to light during the excavations conducted by the Czech Institute of Egyptology in the mortuary complex of king Neferre (5th Dynasty) at Abusir. Neferres' assemblage represents a unique archaeological complex where the artefacts are complemented with their recorded archaeological context (structure, site, etc). The monograph includes not only the analysis of the stone vessels assemblage by its material characteristics, but also a separate chapter on certain aspects of the stone statues found in Neferre's mortuary complex.

Holocene Settlement of the Egyptian Sahara - Volume 1: The Archaeology of Nabta Playa (Hardcover, 2001 ed.): Fred Wendorf,... Holocene Settlement of the Egyptian Sahara - Volume 1: The Archaeology of Nabta Playa (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
Fred Wendorf, Romuald Schild
R7,499 R7,101 Discovery Miles 71 010 Save R398 (5%) Out of stock

by Fred Wendorf and Romuald Schild The Eastern Sahara is a fascinating place to study structures. These larger, more complex sites are almost prehistory. Confronted with the stark reality of a hyper always in the lower parts of large basins, most of which arid environment that receives no measurable rainfall, were formed by deflation during the Late Pleistocene lacks vegetation, and is seemingly without life, it would hyper-arid interval between about 65,000 and 13,000 seem to be an unlikely place to find a rich and complex years ago. Their location near the floor of these basins mosaic of archaeological remains documenting past was influenced primarily by one factor - water. During human presence. Despite this impression of a hostile wet phases, runoff from extensive catchment areas environment, there is widespread and abundant caused the development of large, deep, seasonal lakes, archaeological evidence. or playas, in the lowermost parts of these basins. This It is obvious that this area was not always a lifeless surface water would last for several weeks or months desert. Faunal and plant remains found in the excavations after the seasonal rains, and by digging wells after the at Holocene-age settlements, dating between 9500 and playa became dry, water could still be obtained during 5000 radiocarbon years ago, indicate that rainfall during most, if not all, of the dry season.

Early Farmers, Late Foragers, and Ceramic Traditions - On the Beginning of Pottery in the Near East and Europe (Hardcover,... Early Farmers, Late Foragers, and Ceramic Traditions - On the Beginning of Pottery in the Near East and Europe (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
Dragos Gheorghiu
R1,656 R1,257 Discovery Miles 12 570 Save R399 (24%) Out of stock

This work presents the most recent views on a subject of primordial importance for all students of history: the understanding of humankind's process of becoming, viewed through the study of the beginnings of pottery in the late forager, and early farmer societies of Europe. It is a collection of essays, by some of the prominent European scholars and young dynamic archaeologists whose works focus on the early European and Middle Eastern pottery, intended to present a new perspective on the rise of a new technology in prehistory. With the breadth, variety and novelty of the approaches presented, Early farmers, late foragers and ceramic traditions. On the beginning of pottery in Europe is a fascinating read for scholars, as well as for the public at large.

Discussions in Egyptology vol 61 (Paperback): Alessandra Nibbi Discussions in Egyptology vol 61 (Paperback)
Alessandra Nibbi
R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Out of stock

Issue 61 contains articles on various aspects of Ancient Egypt: spirituality and sexuality, varying characteristics in Egyptian art, and Egypt's attitude to its neighbours. There is also an important article - significantly by an Egyptian scholar - on a late Egyptian verbal construction, still used in Egyptian colloquial Arabic today. Also contains many reviews. Oxbow Books 2005)

Agyptologische 'binsen'-Weisheiten III. Formen Und Funktionen Von Zeichenliste Und Palaographie - Akten Der... Agyptologische 'binsen'-Weisheiten III. Formen Und Funktionen Von Zeichenliste Und Palaographie - Akten Der Internationalen Und Interdisziplinaren Tagung in Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften Und Der Literatur U Mainz Im April 2016 (German, Paperback)
Svenja A Gulden, Kyra Van Moezel, Ursula Verhoeven
R1,051 R990 Discovery Miles 9 900 Save R61 (6%) Out of stock
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