Archaeologists have been increasingly turning their attention to the study of religion, but the field so far has lacked a cross-cultural overview. This text challenges archaeological conventions by refusing to respect the geographic and temporal boundaries with which archaeologists too often define their field. Worldwide in range and comparative in perspective, this exploration is guided by several fundamental questions: how do we recognize religion in the archaeological record? When should we r...
L'Egittomania in Pitture E Mosaici Romano-Campani Della Prima Eta Imperiale (Pittori in Rivista, #84)
by Mariette Vos
Jewish Aramaic Curse Texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia (Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity)
by Professor Dan Levene
Thresholds of the Sacred (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Byzantine Studies (HUP))
by Sharon E. J. Gerstel, Elizabeth Bolman, Joan Branham, Nicholas Constas, and Marcia Hall
Byblos Et La Fete Des Adonies (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters, #60)
by Soyez
Phanigiri
Hellenistic Art in the Walters Art Gallery
The Hellenistic collection of the Walters Art Gallery is one of the very finest such collections in the western hemisphere and is distinguished by both the quality and the breadth of the holdings, which combine marble sculpture with smaller-scale works of bronze, terracotta, faience, ivory, glass, gold, and gems. One hundred fifty objects from this collection are published here in a volume that provides, for each object, full photographic documentation, provenance, description, complete history...
In a chapel in the old crenellated church of Mary of Zion in Aksum, Ethiopia, is kept an object that emperors, patriarchs and priests have assured the world is the most important religious relic of all time: the Ark of the Covenant. Are the legends true? Or is this story a monumental deception? In a triumph of historical detective work the acclaimed Ethiopia expert Stuart Munro-Hay traces the extraordinary legend of Ethiopia's Ark through ancient texts, local stories, from the Bible and from the...
The Caves of Qumran (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, #118)
In Qumran studies, the attention of scholars has largely been focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls, while archaeology has concentrated above all on the settlement. This volume presents the proceedings of an international conference (Lugano 2014) dedicated entirely to the caves of Qumran. The papers deal with both archaeological and textual issues, comparing the caves in the vicinity of Qumran between themselves and their contents with the other finds in the Dead Sea region. The relationships between...
La religion des astres ou le sabeisme (28 volumes), tome XXVI (La Religion Des Astres Ou Le Sabeisme (28 Volumes), #26)
by Claude Getaz
Movement, Sensory Spaces, and Religious Experience in Roman Antiquity (Studies in Roman Space and Urbanism)
This is the first volume to bring together the fields of ancient religions, sensory studies and movement studies, with the objective of introducing sensory studies as a methodological approach to religion. The volume's main theme is human movement through physical space as it pertains to religious experience in the ancient world. Each chapter discusses a more specific treatment of this theme, such as pilgrimage towards a sacred place or some physicalised aspect of ancient ritual such as the aura...
Classical Myth: Pearson New International Edition
by Halls-Bascomb Professor of Classics Emeritus Barry B Powell
La religion des astres ou le sabeisme (28 volumes), tome IX (La Religion Des Astres Ou Le Sabeisme (28 Volumes), #9)
by Claude Getaz
