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Published 2020

Ancient Egyptian biographies : contexts, forms, functions /

: "(Auto-)biography is a genre of ancient Egyptian written discourse that was central to high culture from its earliest periods. Belonging to the nonroyal elites, these texts present aspects of individual lives and experience, sometimes as narratives of key events, sometimes as characterizations of personal qualities. Egyptian (auto-) biographies offer a unique opportunity to examine the ways in which individuals fashioned distinctive selves for display and the significance of the physical, religious, and social contexts they selected. 0The present volume brings together specialists from a range of relevant periods, approaches, and interests. The studies collected here examine Egyptian (auto-)biographies from a variety of complementary perspectives: (1) anthropological and contrastive perspectives; (2) the original Old Kingdom settings; (3) text format and language; (4) social dimensions; and (5) religious experience"--
: vii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781948488280

Mystere & pouvoir des sons au temps des pharaons : à la recherche d'une science perdue /

: 170 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. : Bibliography : pages 165-167. : 2857072325

Erigène, Valentin

Writing laws in antiquity : L'ecriture du droit dans l'antiquite /

: Journal supplement Papers originally delivered at the conference "Codes de lois et lois sacrees : la redaction et la codification des lois en Grece et dans l'Israel ancien", held in 2011 in Lausanne. : 170 pages ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9783447068949

Jaillard, Dominique

Fighting for the king and the gods : a survey of warfare in the ancient Near East /

: xxviii, 721 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 627-697) and indexes. : 9781628371840

Trimm, Charlie, 1977-

Published 2011

Musiques et danses dans l'Antiquite : actes du colloque international de Brest, 29-11 Septembre 2006. Universite de Bretagne occidentale /

: The conference was actually held September 29-30, 2006. : 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : 9782753512818

Delavaud-Roux, Marie-Hélène

Published 1946

La trompette dans l'Égypte ancienne /

: 75 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. : Includes bibliographical references.

Hickmann, Hans

Published 2017

What shall I say of clothes? : theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of dress in Antiquity /

: xvi, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781931909341

Cifarelli, Megan, 1965-

The ancient world at war : a global history /

: 320 pages : illustration (some color), color maps ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-310) and index. : 050025138x
9780500251386

De Souza, Philip

Chariot : the astounding rise and fall of the world's first war machine /

: viii, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 1585676675

Cotterell, Arthur

Apollo's lyre : Greek music and music theory in antiquity and the Middle Ages /

: xv, 806 pages : illustrations, 3 maps ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-783) and indexes : 0803230796

Mathiesen, Thomas J.

The rise of music in the ancient world, east and west /

: 324 pages : illustrations (music) plates, diagrams ; 24 cm. : Includes Bibliographical references.

Sachs, Curt, 1881-1959

Music of the ancient Near East /

: "Musical examples": p. 123-127 : xxi, 138 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. : Bibliography : pages 129-133.

Polin, Claire, 1926-1995

Making, moving and managing : the new world of ancient economies, 323-31 BC /

: vi, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 1842171577

Archibald, Zosia H., 1954-

The ancient economy : evidence and models /

: xiii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-279) and index. : 0804748055

Manning, Joseph Gilbert

Music in ancient Israel/Palestine : archaeological, written, and comparative sources /

: Translation of : Musikkultur Altisraels/Palästinas. : xxxvi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-354) and indexes. : 0802844774

Braun, Joachim, 1929-2013

Published 1936

Mūsīqā qudamāʼ al-Miṣrīyīn /

: 2 volume in 1 : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm.

El Hefny, Mahmoud

Published 1939

Le gobelet en argent des amours vendangeurs du musee d'Alexandrie /

: 38 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.

Adriani, Achille

Archives and inventories in the Eastern Mediterranean : 23-24 January 2004 : Contactforum

: Papers from a three day colloquium titled "Archives and inventories in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean" held at Leuven and Brussels Jan. 23-24, 2004. : 123 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references.

Archaic bookkeeping : early writing and techniques of economic administration in the ancient Near East /

: "Originally published as Frühe Schrift und Techniken der Wirtschaftsverwaltung im alten Vorderen Orient: Informationsspeicherung und -verarbeitung vor 5000 Jahren"--CIP versotitle page.
Translatiopn of : Frühe Schrift und Techniken der Wirtschaftsverwaltung im alten Vorderen Orient. : xi, 169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index. : 0226586596 (alk. paper)

Nissen, Hans-Jörg

Philosophies of music in medieval Islam /

: 175 pages ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-169) and index. : 9004101284 : 0920-8607 ;

Shehadi, Fadlou