Author: National Education Association
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Category : Pompeii (Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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Author: National Educational Association (U.S.)
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Category : Congresses and conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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Author: Ten Halls of the Ancients (WASHINGTON, D.C.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Pages : 36

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Author: JAMES HENRY BREASTED, PH.D., LL.D.
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Languages : en
Pages : 926

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Author: Jonathan M. Hall
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022608096X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 277

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Is it possible to trace the footprints of the historical Sokrates in Athens? Was there really an individual named Romulus, and if so, when did he found Rome? Is the tomb beneath the high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica home to the apostle Peter? To answer these questions, we need both dirt and words—that is, archaeology and history. Bringing the two fields into conversation, Artifact and Artifice offers an exciting excursion into the relationship between ancient history and archaeology and reveals the possibilities and limitations of using archaeological evidence in writing about the past. Jonathan M. Hall employs a series of well-known cases to investigate how historians may ignore or minimize material evidence that contributes to our knowledge of antiquity unless it correlates with information gleaned from texts. Dismantling the myth that archaeological evidence cannot impart information on its own, he illuminates the methodological and political principles at stake in using such evidence and describes how the disciplines of history and classical archaeology may be enlisted to work together. He also provides a brief sketch of how the discipline of classical archaeology evolved and considers its present and future role in historical approaches to antiquity. Written in clear prose and packed with maps, photos, and drawings, Artifact and Artifice will be an essential book for undergraduates in the humanities.

Author: Erik Hornung
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801485152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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This volume offers a survey about what is known about the Ancient Egyptians' vision of the afterlife and an examination of these beliefs that were written down in books that were later discovered in royal tombs. The contents of the texts range from the collection of spells in the Book of the Dead, which was intended to offer practical assistance on the journey to the afterlife, to the detailed accounts of the hereafter provided in the Books of the Netherworld. The author looks closely at these latter works, while summarizing the contents of the Book of the Dead and other widely studied examples of the genre. For each composition, he discusses the history of its ancient transmission and its decipherment in modern times, supplying bibliographic information for any text editions. He also seeks to determine whether this literature as a whole presents a monolithic conception of the afterlife. The volume features many drawings from the books themselves.

Author: Eliza SLATER
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Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Author: James Henry Breasted
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 876

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