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Edom in Judah(2024) DANIELSON, ANDREW J. (UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA)For kingdoms such as Judah and Edom during the late Iron Age, this period was also one of opportunity due to their location at the intersection of lucrative trade networks connecting the Mediterranean and Arabian worlds. This Element explores the multifacVezava: Mehka33,08 €
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Visible Language(2010)Current perspectives on the origins and development of writing in Mesopotamia and Egypt, providing an overview of each writing system and its uses. This richly illustrated volume, issued in conjunction with an exhibit at the Oriental Institute, provides aVezava: Mehka64,31 €
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Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East No 8 1-2, 2024(2024)Ash-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East.Vezava: Mehka122,12 €
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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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Against Moab(2025) PORTER, BENJAMIN W. (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY)The Element simultaneously examines recent research on Moab as well as illustrating the challenges of reconstructing an ancient society with a problematic textual and archaeological record. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.Vezava: Mehka33,08 €
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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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Luwians of Western Anatolia: Their Neighbours and Predecessors(2018) WOUDHUIZEN, FREDA study focussing on the Luwians of Western Anatolia, the geography of their habitat, and their neighbours and predecessors in the region. A reconstruction of western Luwian history and a sketch of their language is presented, based on linguistic data takVezava: Mehka47,78 €
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Ramla: City of Muslim Palestine, 715-1917(2021)This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history, archaeology and architecture of the city of Ramla from the time of its foundation as the capital of Umayyad Palestine around 715 until the end of Ottoman rule in 1917.Vezava: Mehka81,42 €
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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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Tanbur Long-Necked Lutes along the Silk Road and beyond(2019) DE ZEEUW, HANSThis book is divided into two main parts: ‘The Tanbûr Tradition’ discusses the origin, history, construction and playing techniques of tanbûrs; ‘The Tanbûr Family’ focusses on long-necked lutes as a family of musical instruments. After a short introductioVezava: Mehka67,85 €
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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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Plant Food Processing Tools at Early Neolithic Gobekli Tepe(2021)Plant Food Processing Tools at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe reconstructs plant food processing at this key Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600-8000 BC) site, with an emphasis on cereals, legumes and herbs as food sources, on grinding and pounding tools for theirVezava: Mehka67,85 €
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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: Trda24,39 €