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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Archaeologia Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity
Author: The Antiquities Act and Certain United Nations Designations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and RecreationPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Facing Antiquity
Author: University of Pennsylvania MuseumPublisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 9780924171635
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Come face to face with the ancient peoples of the bible lands in the evocative images on these 22 full-color postcards of objects featured in "Canaan and Ancient Israel," the first major North American exhibition dedicated to the archaeology of ancient Israel and neighboring lands. This permanent installation at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology features more than 500 rare artifacts, excavated by Museum archaeologists in Israel, Jordan, the West Bank, and Lebanon.
Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
"A classified catalogue of papers from Archaeologia aeliana, 1813-1913", is included in the Centenary volume, ser. 3, v. 10, p. 334-376.
Dariali: The 'Caspian Gates' in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages
Author: Eberhard SauerPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789251931
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1688
Book Description
The Huns, invading through Dariali Gorge on the modern-day border between Russia and Georgia in AD 395 and 515, spread terror across the late antique world. Was this the prelude to the apocalypse? Prophecies foresaw a future Hunnic onslaught, via the same mountain pass, bringing about the end of the world. Humanity’s fate depended on a gated barrier deep in Europe’s highest and most forbidding mountain chain. Centuries before the emergence of such apocalyptic beliefs, the gorge had reached world fame. It was the target of a planned military expedition by the Emperor Nero. Chained to the dramatic sheer cliffs, framing the narrow passage, the mythical fire-thief Prometheus suffered severe punishment, his liver devoured by an eagle. It was known under multiple names, most commonly the Caspian or Alan Gates. Featuring in the works of literary giants, no other mountain pass in the ancient and medieval world matches Dariali’s fame. Yet little was known about the materiality of this mythical place. A team of archaeologists has now shed much new light on the major gorge-blocking fort and a barrier wall on a steep rocky ridge further north. The walls still standing today were built around the time of the first major Hunnic invasion in the late fourth century – when the Caucasus defences feature increasingly prominently in negotiations between the Great Powers of Persia and Rome. In its endeavour to strongly fortify the strategic mountain pass through the Central Caucasus, the workforce erased most traces of earlier occupation. The Persian-built bastion saw heavy occupation for 600 years. Its multi-faith medieval garrison controlled Trans-Caucasian traffic. Everyday objects and human remains reveal harsh living conditions and close connections to the Muslim South, as well as the steppe world of the north. The Caspian Gates explains how a highly strategic rock has played a pivotal role in world history from Classical Antiquity into the twentieth century.
Bitumen and Petroleum in Antiquity
Author: Robert James ForbesPublisher: Brill Archive
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Category : Bitumen
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Roman and Late Antique Wine Production in the Eastern Mediterranean
Author: Emlyn K. DoddPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789694035
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Wine was an ever-present commodity that permeated the Mediterranean throughout antiquity. This book analyses the viticulture of two settlements, Antiochia ad Cragum and Delos, using results stemming from surface survey and excavation to assess their potential integration within the now well-known agricultural boom of the 5th-7th centuries AD.
Archaeologia Aeliana: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Spaces in Late Antiquity
Author: Juliette DayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317051793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Places and spaces are key factors in how individuals and groups construct their identities. Identity theories have emphasised that the construction of an identity does not follow abstract and universal processes but is also deeply rooted in specific historical, cultural, social and material environments. The essays in this volume explore how various groups in Late Antiquity rooted their identity in special places that were imbued with meanings derived from history and tradition. In Part I, essays explore the tension between the Classical heritage in public, especially urban spaces, in the form of ancient artwork and civic celebrations and the Church's appropriation of that space through doctrinal disputes and rival public performances. Parts II and III investigate how particular locations expressed, and formed, the theological and social identities of Christian and Jewish groups by bringing together fresh insights from the archaeological and textual evidence. Together the essays here demonstrate how the use and interpretation of shared spaces contributed to the self-identity of specific groups in Late Antiquity and in so doing issued challenges, and caused conflict, with other social and religious groups.
The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Other Parts Adjacent
Author: Thomas AllenPublisher:
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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