Journey to the City - A Companion to the Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum (Hardcover)

The Penn Museum has a long and storied history of research and archaeological exploration in the ancient Middle East. This book highlights this rich depth of knowledge while also serving as a companion volume to the Museum's signature Middle East Galleries opening in April 2018. This edited volume includes chapters and integrated short, focused pieces from Museum curators and staff actively involved in the detailed planning of the new galleries. In addition to highlighting the most remarkable and interesting objects in the Museum's extraordinary Middle East collections, this volume illuminates the primary themes within these galleries (make, settle, connect, organize, and believe) and provides a larger context within which to understand them. The ancient Middle East is home to the first urban settlements in human history, dating to the fourth millennium BCE; therefore, tracing this move toward city life figures prominently in the book. The topic of urbanization, how it came about and how these early steps still impact our daily lives, is explored from regional and localized perspectives, bringing us from Mesopotamia (Ur, Uruk, and Nippur) to Islamic and Persianate cites (Rayy and Isfahan) and, finally, connecting back to life in modern Philadelphia. Through examination of topics such as landscape, resources, trade, religious belief and burial practices, daily life, and nomads, this very important human journey is investigated both broadly and with specific case studies.

General

Imprint:	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2019
First published:	2018
Editors:	Steve Tinney • Karen Sonik
Dimensions:	241 x 241 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	440
ISBN-13:	978-1-931707-14-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Promotions
LSN:	1-931707-14-6
Barcode:	9781931707145

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