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Author: Monika Rekowska
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2016-03-31
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1784913219
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work examines travellers' accounts of their journeys to Cyrenaica, focusing in the main on an analysis of these accounts within the context of their significance to topographic surveys of the region.
Author: Monika Rekowska-Ruszkowska
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781784913205
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work examines travellers' accounts of their journeys to Cyrenaica, focusing in the main on an analysis of these accounts within the context of their significance to topographic surveys of the region. The dates given in the title symbolically mark their beginning and end. The starting date (1706) is that of the first journey across Cyrenaica that led to the writing of the first account extensive enough to be the subject of detailed analysis. The end date (1911) marks the beginning of the Italian occupation of Libya, when responsibility for archaeology was entrusted to the greatest Italian specialists of the period. Travelogues were replaced by scholarly studies featuring both well-known and newly discovered sites, while amateur descriptions and drawings were replaced by professional analysis and documentation. The main protagonists of the book are people who travelled to Cyrenaica or stayed there for some time, people of a variety of ages and sorts: physicians and an engineer, priests, soldiers and diplomats, artists and adventurers, scholars and archaeologists. They differed considerably in their education, personalities, itineraries and objectives of their journeys, their wealth and personal circumstances. What they did have in common was great curiosity and courage, love of adventure and the ability to survive in harsh and dangerous conditions - compensated for by unusual discoveries - and, finally, an interest in ancient ruins, which for the purpose of this book is what makes their accounts valuable.
Author: Stephen L. Dyson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 0300134975
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →divThe stories behind the acquisition of ancient antiquities are often as important as those that tell of their creation. This fascinating book provides a comprehensive account of the history and development of classical archaeology, explaining how and why artifacts have moved from foreign soil to collections around the world. As archaeologist Stephen Dyson shows, Greek and Roman archaeological study was closely intertwined with ideas about class and social structure; the rise of nationalism and later political ideologies such as fascism; and the physical and cultural development of most of the important art museums in Europe and the United States, whose prestige depended on their creation of collections of classical art. Accompanied by a discussion of the history of each of the major national traditions and their significant figures, this lively book shows how classical archaeology has influenced attitudes about areas as wide-ranging as tourism, nationalism, the role of the museum, and historicism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century art./DIV
Author: Grazyna Bakowska-Czerner
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2019-03-11
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1789691494
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Papers present research from different regions ranging from ancient Mauritania, through Africa, Egypt, Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, as well as sites in Crimea and Georgia. Topics include: topography, architecture, interiors and décor, religious syncretism, the importance of ancient texts, pottery studies and conservation.
Author: Luca Cherstich
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2024-05-09
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 1803275502
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book analyzes ancient tombs in Eastern Libya, from the Archaic phase to Late Roman times. Despite plundering, these ornate structures reveal funerary competition, spatial organization, and lost rituals. The book reconstructs the social history of ancient Cyreneans through their ostentatious funerary culture.
Author: Debbie Challis
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Published: 2008-05-30
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book explores the fascinating stories behind the collection of antiquities from the Ottoman Empire between 1840 and 1880. The men who led these collecting expeditions published journals detailing their adventures as well as their archaeological labours, and this did much to feed Victorian interest in archaeology and the Orient
Author: John Milton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-19
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 1317762177
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An edition of Milton's later work rk includes the text of six books of Paradise Lost, The History of Britain and the whole of Samson Agonistes. Through his introduction, commmentary and full annotations, Tony Davies sets the works in their political and cultural contexts, and discusses such themes as the `heroic'; sexuality and gender; and Milton's interrogation of the meaning of history.
Author: Herodotus
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2016-04-27
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781354762509
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Angelos Chaniotis
Publisher: History of the Ancient World
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 0674659643
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The world that Alexander remade in his lifetime was transformed once again by his death in 323 BCE. Over time, trade and intellectual achievement resumed, but Cleopatra's death in 30 BCE brought this Hellenistic moment to a close--or so the story goes. Angelos Chaniotis reveals a Hellenistic world that continued to Hadrian's death in 138 CE.
