Hellenistic Alexandria : celebrating 24 centuries : papers presented at the conference held on December 13-15 2017 at Acropolis Museum, Athens /
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This proceedings volume includes high-level dialogues and philosophical discussions between international experts on Hellenistic Alexandria. The goal was to celebrate the 24 centuries which have elapsed since its foundation and the beginning of the Library and the Museum of Alexandria.
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Previously issued in print: 2019.
Selected conference papers. :
1 online resource (xx, 296 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789690675 (ebook) :
Country in the city : agricultural functions of protohistoric urban settlements (Aegean and Western Mediterranean) /
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Assembles contributions on the place of agricultural and Early Iron Age Mediterranean, concentrating on the second-millennium Aegean and the protohistoric north-western Mediterranean.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (iv, 200 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789691337 (ebook) :
Archaic and classical harbours of the Greek world : the Aegean and Eastern Ionian contexts /
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A study of the archaeology and history of ancient harbours, with particular focus on the Greek world during the Archaic and Classical eras. It questions what locations were the most propitious for the installation of harbours; what kinds of harbour-works were built and for what purpose; and what harbour forms were documented.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (viiii, 116 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789691290 (ebook) :
Egitto, Iraq ed Etruria nelle fotografie di John Alfred Spranger : viaggi e ricerche archeologiche (1929-1936) /
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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.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789691276 (ebook) :
Artistic practices and archaeological research /
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This volume - which has come about through a collaborative venture between Dragos Gheorghiu (archaeologist and professional visual artist) and Theodor Barth (anthropologist) - aims at expanding the field of archaeological research with an anthropological understanding of practices that include artistic methods.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (ii, 184 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789691412 (ebook) :
Settlements and necropoleis of the Black Sea and its hinterland in antiquity : select papers from the third international conference 'The Black Sea in Antiquity and Tekkeköy: an an...
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Papers in this volume cover all shores of the Black Sea and address, alongside many other topics, the establishment dates of some Greek Colonies; East Greek transport amphorae; the history of Tekkeköy; the pre-Roman economy of Myrmekion; Byzantine finds at Komana; glass bracelets from Samsun Museum; dating the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun.
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Also issued in print: 2019.
Conference proceedings. :
1 online resource (x, 302 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789692075 (ebook) :
Tracing pottery-making recipes in the prehistoric Balkans 6th-4th millennia BC /
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This is a collection of 12 chapters that capture the variety of current archaeological, ethnographic, experimental and scientific studies on Balkan prehistoric ceramic production, distribution and use. The Balkans is a culturally rich area at the present day as it was in the past. Pottery and other ceramics represent an ideal tool with which to examine this diversity and interpret its human and environmental origins. Consequently, Balkan ceramic studies is an emerging field within archaeology that serves as a testing ground for theories on topics such as technological know-how, innovation, craft tradition, cultural transmission, interaction, trade and exchange. This book brings together diverse studies by leading researchers and upcoming scholars on material from numerous Balkan countries and chronological periods that tackle these and other topics.
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1 online resource (xii, 182 pages) : illustrations (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789692099 (PDF ebook) :
The ancient Egyptian book of the Moon : Coffin Texts spells 154-160 /
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This text proposes that Coffin Texts spells 154-160, recorded at beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, form the oldest composition about the moon in ancient Egypt and, indeed, the world. The detailed analysis of these spells, based on a new translation, reveals that they provide a chronologically ordered account of the phenomena of a lunar month.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (ii, 254 pages) : illustrations. :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789691993 (ebook) :
Kom al-Ahmer-Kom Wasit.
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This volume presents the results of the Italian archaeological mission at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit, Beheira, Egypt between 2012 and 2016. It provides details of the survey and excavation results of the different occupation phases, which range from the Late Dynastic to the Early Islamic period.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (xviii, 350 pages) : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781789692990 (ebook) :
Digging up Jericho : past, present and future /
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Digging Up Jericho: Past Present and Future, arising from a conference exploring the heritage, archaeology and history of the Jericho Oasis, includes contributions by 21 internationally significant scholars. Once dubbed the 'Oldest City in the World', Jericho has been the focus of intense archaeological activity and media interest in the 150 years since its discovery. From early investigations in the 19th century, through Kathleen Kenyon's work at the site in the 1950s, to the recent Italian-Palestinian Expedition and Khirbat al-Mafjar Archaeological Project, Jericho and its surrounding landscape has always played a key role in our understanding of this fascinating region. Current efforts to get the site placed on the World Heritage List only enhance its appeal. Covering all aspects of work at the site, this volume offers the opportunity to re-evaluate and assess the legacy of this important site.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (320 pages). :
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9781789693522 (ebook) :
The cultures of ancient Xinjiang, western China : crossroads of the Silk Roads /
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One of the least known but culturally rich and complex regions located at the heart of Asia, Xinjiang was a hub for the Silk Roads, serving international links between cultures to the west, east, north, and south. Trade, artefacts, foods, technologies, ideas, beliefs, animals, and people traversed the glacier covered mountain and desert boundaries. This book unveils the ancient secrets of Xinjiang, western China, one of the least known but culturally rich and complex regions located at the heart of Asia.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789694079 (ebook) :
Invisible connections : an archaeometallurgical analysis of the Bronze Age metalwork from the Egyptian Museum of the University of Leipzig /
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The Egyptian Museum of the University of Leipzig has the largest university collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts in Germany. This volume presents an analysis of 86 of these artefacts using a range of archaeometallurgical methods in order to provide a diachronic sample of Bronze Age Egyptian copper alloy metalwork from Dynasty 1 to Dynasty 19.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789697414 (PDF ebook) :
Doors, entrances and beyond... : various aspects of entrances and doors of the tombs in the Memphite Necropoleis during the Old Kingdom /
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Doors are more than a physical means to close off an entrance or an exit; they can also indicate a boundary between two worlds. This volume considers the Memphite Necropoleis during the Old Kingdom, and proposes that porticos, false doors, niches and mastaba chapel entrances are interconnected in their function as a barrier between two worlds.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781789698725 (PDF ebook) :
Looted, recovered, returned : antiquities from Afghanistan : a detailed scientific and conservation record of a group of ivory and bone furniture overlays excavated at Begram, stol...
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The 'Begram ivories' are widely considered to be miniature masterpieces of Indian art and are one of the largest archaeological collections of ancient ivories. They were excavated at the site of Begram, in northern Afghanistan, in 1937 and 1939 and belong to a period when Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India were united under rulers of the Kushan dynasty. This book describes their story from excavation to display and return, with individual object biographies and detailed scientific analyses and conservation treatments. It also discusses how these objects have attracted very different interpretations over the decades since their discovery, and how the new analyses shed a completely fresh light on the collection.
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1 online resource : illustrations (colour). :
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9781784910174 (PDF ebook) :
Aoypmata : critical essays on the archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean in honour of E. Susan Sherratt /
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Over her career Susan Sherratt has questioned our basic assumptions in many areas of the later prehistory of the Mediterranean and Europe, deploying a canny eye for detail, but never losing sight of the big picture. Her collected works include contributions on the relationship between Homeric epic and archaeology; the economy of ceramics, metals and other materials; the status of the `Sea Peoples' and other ethnic terminologies; routes and different forms of interaction; and the history of museums/collecting (especially relating to Sir Arthur Evans). The editors of this volume have brought together a cast of 32 scholars from nine different countries who have contributed these 26 papers to mark Sue's 65th birthday.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784910198 (PDF ebook) :
Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia : a century in review /
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The study of human remains from ancient Egypt and Nubia has captured the imagination of many people for generations, giving rise to the discipline of palaeopathology and fostering bioarchaeological research. This book contains 16 papers that cover material presented at a workshop entitled 'Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia: A Century in Review,' held at the Natural History Museum, London (August 29-30, 2012), which formed part of a three-year research project, 'Sir Grafton Elliot Smith: Palaeopathology and the Archaeological Survey of Nubia.' The papers explore the subject of palaeopathology from its beginnings in the early 1900s through to current research themes and the impact of technological development in the field.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784910273 (PDF ebook) :
Alexandria's hinterland : archaeology of the western Nile Delta, Egypt /
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This volume contains detailed information about 63 sites and shows, amongst other things, that the viticulture of the western delta was significant in Ptolemaic and Roman periods, as well as a network of interlocking sites, which connected with the rest of Egypt, Alexandria, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps. :
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9781784910150 (PDF ebook) :
Spatial 'Christianisation' in context : strategic intramural building in Rome from the 4th-7th C. AD /
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This text closely examines the location of the earliest purpose-built Christian buildings inside the city of Rome in their contemporary context. It argues that some of these were deliberately sited by their builders so as to utilise prominent positions within the urban landscape or to pragmatically reuse pre-existing bath facilities for Christian liturgical practice.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784910211 (PDF ebook) :
Landscapes of pilgrimage in Medieval Britain /
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This work seeks to address the journeying context of pilgrimage within the landscapes of Medieval Britain. Using four case studies, an interdisciplinary methodology developed by the author is applied to four different geographical and cultural areas of Britain (Norfolk, Wiltshire/Hampshire, Flintshire/Denbighshire and Cornwall), to investigate the practicalities of travel along the Medieval road network including the routes themselves, accommodation, the built environments and natural topographies encountered.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784910778 (PDF ebook) :
Rise of the Hyksos : Egypt and the Levant from the middle kingdom to the early second intermediate period /
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Manetho's obscure reference to a race of invaders has been a constant source of debate and controversy. But who are these invaders? They are named the 'Hyksos'. The Hyksos are correlated with the fifteenth dynasty of the second intermediate period, a time characterised by the destabilisation and regionalisation of the Egyptian state. Several scholars have pondered over their victory and rule in Egypt, from the manner in which they entered Egypt and the means with which they claimed the throne to their final expulsion from the land. This book assesses their rise to power, exploring the preliminary stages that enabled the Hyksos to gain control over a portion of Egyptian territory and thus to merit a small mention in Manetho's history.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784911348 (PDF ebook) :