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Published 1994
Bildatlas zum Sport im alten Ägypten. Corpus der bildlichen Quellen zu Leibesübungen, Spiel, Jagd, Tanz und verwandten Themen /

: This two-volume work is a comprehensive collection of the pictorial sources for sport in Pharaonic Egypt. Adopting a broad definition of sport, its scope embraces relevant cultic scenes as well as archery, charioteering and horsemanship, hunting, wrestling, open-air games and board games, acrobatics, dancing and water sports. Over 2,000 documents are given detailed descriptions, with systematic annotations relating to the place, date and content of the documents, as well as the most important secondary literature. The hieroglyphic captions are given in transcription and translation. A representative selection of the pictorial documents, accounting for approximately half of the total material, is presented in the illustrated volume. Accompanying maps classify the material by subject area with indications of their topographical distribution and chronological proximity. The publication of this corpus of materials makes available for the first time the complete pictorial tradition of a great, ancient sporting culture, the intention being to stimulate and intensify research in these fields by the provision of the basic materials.
: 1 online resource (vii, 450 pages) : 950 illustrations. : 9789004293922 : 0169-9423 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 1994
Bildatlas zum Sport im alten Ägypten. Corpus der bildlichen Quellen zu Leibesübungen, Spiel, Jagd, Tanz und verwandten Themen /

: This two-volume work is a comprehensive collection of the pictorial sources for sport in Pharaonic Egypt. Adopting a broad definition of sport, its scope embraces relevant cultic scenes as well as archery, charioteering and horsemanship, hunting, wrestling, open-air games and board games, acrobatics, dancing and water sports. Over 2,000 documents are given detailed descriptions, with systematic annotations relating to the place, date and content of the documents, as well as the most important secondary literature. The hieroglyphic captions are given in transcription and translation. A representative selection of the pictorial documents, accounting for approximately half of the total material, is presented in the illustrated volume. Accompanying maps classify the material by subject area with indications of their topographical distribution and chronological proximity. The publication of this corpus of materials makes available for the first time the complete pictorial tradition of a great, ancient sporting culture, the intention being to stimulate and intensify research in these fields by the provision of the basic materials.
: 1 online resource (xx, 1,009 pages) : illustrations. : 9789004293939 : 0169-9423 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2018
Unearthing Alexandria's archaeology : the Italian contribution /

: The results of an archival survey, historical research and archaeological description of the main Italian excavations in Alexandria from the 1890s to the 1950s, accompanied by often unpublished photographs and followed by a catalogue of other rare photographs of different archaeological sites in the city.
: Previously issued in print: 2018. : 1 online resource (viii, 194 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781784918668 (ebook) :

Published 2019
Egitto, Iraq ed Etruria nelle fotografie di John Alfred Spranger : viaggi e ricerche archeologiche (1929-1936) /

: This volume presents the 1930s archaeological photo-albums of photos make it possible to understand, after almost a century, how many Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Etruscan sites appeared at the time of their first excavations.
: Previously issued in print: 2019. : 1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781789691276 (ebook) :