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Tablets from Sippar, Tell Haddad and Elsewhere(2024)This book collects articles written by Farouk Al-Rawi and collaborators and published in the journal IRAQ between 1985 and 2006. The articles present first editions of a variety of cuneiform texts: mythological narrative poems, royal inscriptions, astroloVezava: Mehka69,65 €
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From Ritual to God in the Ancient Near East(2024) LANERI, NICOLA (UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA, ITALY )This book traces the transformation of the belief systems that shaped life in ancient Near Eastern communities, from prehistoric times until the advent of religious monotheism in the Levant during the first millennium BCE. It offers new insights into theVezava: Trda157,50 €
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How did the Persian King of Kings Get His Wine? The upper Tigris in antiquity (c.700 BCE to 636 CE)(2018) COMFORT, ANTHONY,MARCIAK, MICHALThis book explores the upper valley of the Tigris during antiquity. The area is little known to scholarship, and study is currently handicapped by the security situation in southeast Turkey and by the imminent completion of the Ilisu dam that will lead toVezava: Mehka58,80 €
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First Thousand Years of Glass-Making in the Ancient Near East(2021) READE, WENDYThis volume explores glass composition and production from the mid-second to mid-first millennia BC, the first thousand years of glass-making. Multi-element analyses of 132 glasses from Pella in Jordan, and Nuzi and Nimrud in Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) prVezava: Mehka76,33 €
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Sasanian Persia(2019)The Sasanian Empire was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan. This book explores key phenomena which contributed to its wealth and power, from the empire's armed forces to agriculture, trade and treatmentVezava: Mehka44,78 €
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Ancient Weapons of Oman. Volume 1: Edged Weapons(2022) CLARIZIA, VINCENZOOmani men carried personal weapons until relatively recently. Swords and daggers were part of daily life attire and are still worn in social events. This book describes all the main types of Omani edged weapons, their origin, structure and accessories, wiVezava: Mehka76,33 €
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Tell Ahmar on the Syrian Euphrates(2022) BUNNENS, GUYThe first overview of Tell Ahmar, covering its development, rise to power, and material culture.Vezava: Trda85,13 €
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Constantinople(2022) DARK, KEN,OZGUMUS, FERUDUNNow available in paperback, this significant new publication for those working in archaeology and Byzantine history explores the archaeology and development of this fascinating city.Vezava: Mehka58,69 €
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Script and Society(2021) BOYES, PHILIP J.Proposes a methodology for analysing the social context of writing systems.Vezava: Trda77,39 €
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Sumerians(2021) COLLINS, PAULThe loss, discovery and reinvention of the world’s earliest civilization, the Sumerians.Vezava: Trda25,01 €
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Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon(2015) DALLEY, STEPHANIE (HONORARY SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, HONORARY SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, SOMERVILLE COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Where was the Hanging Garden of Babylon and what did it look like? Why did the ancient Greeks and Romans consider it to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World? Renowned Babylonian expert Stephanie Dalley delves into the legends filled with myth and mystVezava: Mehka23,61 €
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Desert Insurgency(2020) SAUNDERS, NICHOLAS J. (UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, PROFESSOR OF MATERIAL CULTURE)This unique archaeological account from Nicholas Saunders tells the story of the origins of modern guerrilla warfare during the Arab Revolt of 1916-18. The discovery of an unknown conflict landscape reveals the dramatic exploits of T. E. Lawrence, Emir FeVezava: Trda63,37 €
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The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant: C. 8000-332 BCE(2018) MARGREET L. STEINERVezava: Mehka82,57 €
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Law and Trade in Ancient Mesopotamia and Anatolia(2020)19 articles by K.R. Veenhof, focusing on law and trade in Old Babylonian and Old Assyrian society.Vezava: Mehka85,87 €