Books

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Return to Babylon Return to Babylon Brian M. Fagan In the barren landscape between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, adventurers of the nineteenth century suspected that the remains of fabled kingdoms lay beneath the sands. As they dug into the mounds… OL103269W
Private Religion at Amarna - The material evidence Private Religion at Amarna - The material evidence Anna Stevens In this study the author approaches the realm of private religion in Egypt some 3,300 years ago. The two broad research questions that frame this study are: What was the structure of the private reli… OL11741083W
L' introduction et la diffusion de la technologie du bronze en Syrie-Mésopotamie L' introduction et la diffusion de la technologie du bronze en Syrie-Mésopotamie Virginia Verardi This study looks at the introduction of bronze technology in Syria/Mesopotamia and its subsequent diffusion and social consequences for the history of the region in the second millennium BC. OL11939766W
KONTEXTUELLE RAUM IM VORDERASIATISCHEN NEOLITHIKUM: DIE ENTWICKLUNG DER LEHMARCHITEKTUR, DIE.. KONTEXTUELLE RAUM IM VORDERASIATISCHEN NEOLITHIKUM: DIE ENTWICKLUNG DER LEHMARCHITEKTUR, DIE.. THOMAS JOHANNES PIESBERGEN Die bisherigen Untersuchungen bezüglich der kulturellen Bedeutung des architektonisch geordneten Raums blieben entweder oberflächlich oder in ihrer Perspektive stark eingeschränkt. Ziel dieser Arbei… OL12911957W
The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia (10,000-323 BCE) The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia (10,000-323 BCE) John Gregory McMahon,Sharon R. Steadman The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia is a unique blend of comprehensive overviews on archaeological, philological, linguistic, and historical issues at the forefront of Anatolian scholarship in th… OL16211292W
Cuneiform texts from various collections Cuneiform texts from various collections Albrecht Götze This text features 217 cuneiform texts, found in small collections throughout the world, that date from the late third to the late first millennia BCE and includes inscriptions, letters, administrati… OL16651416W
The prehistory of Asia Minor The prehistory of Asia Minor Bleda S. Düring "In this book, Bleda Düring offers an archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC"-- OL16986852W
Louvre Abu Dhabi Louvre Abu Dhabi Laurence Des Cars "Appelé à lever un coin du voile sur ses collections en avril 2013, le musée du Louvre Abu Dhabi suscite déjà une grande curiosité. Si l'architecture imaginée par Jean Nouvel pour l'abriter est connu… OL17553589W
The Oxford encyclopedia of the Bible and archaeology The Oxford encyclopedia of the Bible and archaeology Daniel M. Master "The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology represents a new way of conceiving of the relationship between archaeology and biblical studies that allows the results of a wide cross-section o… OL20913619W
Across the border Across the border K. Aslihan Yener One of the most intriguing issues facing archaeologists working in the second millennium BC is the collapse of Late Bronze Age palace economies and the rise of smaller principalities called Iron Age … OL20957066W
Archaeological encyclopedia of the Holy Land Archaeological encyclopedia of the Holy Land Avraham Negev,Shimon Gibson "Spanning ten millennia from earliest prehistory to the Arab conquest, the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land is the definitive one-volume reference to the ancient land of the Bible, combin… OL20980406W
Excavations at Tell Nebi Mend, Syria Excavations at Tell Nebi Mend, Syria Peter Parr "The archaeological site of Tell Nebi Mend, a tell on the Homs plain in present-day Syria, is universally recognised as the location, first, of Qadesh (or Kadesh), where, in c. 1286 BC, the armies of… OL22313942W
Roman period oil lamps in the Holy Land Roman period oil lamps in the Holy Land Varda Sussman A catalogue and analysis of over 1000 Roman-period oil lamps from the Holy Land within the collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The Roman period in Palestine begins with the conquest of th… OL22780967W
Citadel and cemetery in early Bronze Age Anatolia Citadel and cemetery in early Bronze Age Anatolia Christoph Bachhuber "Citadel and Cemetery in Early Bronze Age Anatolia is the first synthetic and interpretive monograph on the region and time period (ca. 3000-2200 BCE). The book organizes this vast, dense and often o… OL23185399W
Jerusalem's Temple Mount Jerusalem's Temple Mount Hershel Shanks According to the Hebrew Bible, King Solomon built a Temple to the Lord in Jerusalem on a threshing floor that his father, King David, purchased from Araunah the Jebusite for 50 shekels of silver. "No… OL2347530W
Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria, and Israel Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria, and Israel K. van der Toorn This volume deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Ugaritic and early Israelite civilizations. On the basis of documents from both the private and the literary re… OL2973356W
Upper Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic Lithic technologies at Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel East, Isra… Upper Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic Lithic technologies at Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel East, Isra… Lengyel, György. "Raqefet cave is found on the south-eastern side of Mount Carmel, in a wadi (called Raqefet) running north-west to south-east, 0.5 km upstream from the confluence with wadi Yoqneam. This valley provi… OL3047658W
Fifty major cities of the Bible Fifty major cities of the Bible John C. H. Laughlin xviii, 246 pages : 23 cm OL5823660W
The Early Bronze Age Tombs and Burials of Bb edh-Dhr', Jordan The Early Bronze Age Tombs and Burials of Bb edh-Dhr', Jordan Bruno Frolich This work is the result of decades of research on the Early Bronze Age skeletal material from the archaeological site of Bâb edh-Dhrâ' in Jordan. Bâb edh-Dhrâ' is home to one of the Near East's large… OL9495913W