Carthage. Fact and Myth
Edited by Roald Docter, Ridha Boussoffara & Pieter ter Keurs | 2015
Carthage is mainly known as the city that was utterly destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. This book tells the story about this fascinating city, which for centuries was the centre of a far-flung…
Hajj
Global Interactions through Pilgrimage
Edited by Luitgard Mols & Marjo Buitelaar | 2015
Every year, in the last month of the Islamic calendar, millions of Muslims from around the world come together in Mecca to perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that all capable Muslims should perform at least…
Egyptian Bioarchaeology
Humans, Animals, and the Environment
Edited by Salima Ikram, Jessica Kaiser & Roxie Walker | 2015
Although the bioarchaeology (study of biological remains in an archaeological context) of Egypt has been documented in a desultory way for many decades, it is only recently that it has become an inherent part of…
Catalogue of the footwear in the Coptic Museum (Cairo)
André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram | 2014
This catalogue presents the ancient Egyptian footwear in the collection of the Coptic Museum in Cairo. The catalogue contains detailed descriptions and measurements, photographs and drawings. Each description of a footwear category is followed by…
Why Leather?
The Material and Cultural Dimensions of Leather
Edited by Susanna Harris & André J. Veldmeijer | 2014
This pioneering volume brings together specialists from contemporary craft and industry and from archaeology to examine both the material properties and the cultural dimensions of leather. The common occurrence of animal skin products through time,…
Tying the Threads of Eurasia
Trans-regional Routes and Material Flows in Transcaucasia, eastern Anatolia and western Central Asia, c.3000-1500BC
Toby C. Wilkinson | 2014
The famous ‘Silk Roads’ have long evoked a romantic picture of travel through colourful civilizations that connected the western and eastern poles of Eurasia, facilitating the exchange of exotic luxury goods, peoples, pathogens and ideas.…
Rural Capitalist Development in The Jordan Valley
The case of Deir Alla - The Rise and Demise of Social Groups
Mohamed F. Tarawneh | 2014
The case of Deir Alla is a social and economic case study of developing Third World agriculture. The study is based upon historical sources, contemporary public information with statistics, and field work in the Jordanian…
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Carthage. Fact and Myth
Edited by Roald Docter, Ridha Boussoffara & Pieter ter Keurs | 2015
Carthage is mainly known as the city that was utterly destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. This book tells the story about this fascinating city, which for centuries was the centre of a far-flung…
Hajj
Global Interactions through Pilgrimage
Edited by Luitgard Mols & Marjo Buitelaar | 2015
Every year, in the last month of the Islamic calendar, millions of Muslims from around the world come together in Mecca to perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that all capable Muslims should perform at least…
Egyptian Bioarchaeology
Humans, Animals, and the Environment
Edited by Salima Ikram, Jessica Kaiser & Roxie Walker | 2015
Although the bioarchaeology (study of biological remains in an archaeological context) of Egypt has been documented in a desultory way for many decades, it is only recently that it has become an inherent part of…
Catalogue of the footwear in the Coptic Museum (Cairo)
André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram | 2014
This catalogue presents the ancient Egyptian footwear in the collection of the Coptic Museum in Cairo. The catalogue contains detailed descriptions and measurements, photographs and drawings. Each description of a footwear category is followed by…
Why Leather?
The Material and Cultural Dimensions of Leather
Edited by Susanna Harris & André J. Veldmeijer | 2014
This pioneering volume brings together specialists from contemporary craft and industry and from archaeology to examine both the material properties and the cultural dimensions of leather. The common occurrence of animal skin products through time,…
Tying the Threads of Eurasia
Trans-regional Routes and Material Flows in Transcaucasia, eastern Anatolia and western Central Asia, c.3000-1500BC
Toby C. Wilkinson | 2014
The famous ‘Silk Roads’ have long evoked a romantic picture of travel through colourful civilizations that connected the western and eastern poles of Eurasia, facilitating the exchange of exotic luxury goods, peoples, pathogens and ideas.…
Rural Capitalist Development in The Jordan Valley
The case of Deir Alla - The Rise and Demise of Social Groups
Mohamed F. Tarawneh | 2014
The case of Deir Alla is a social and economic case study of developing Third World agriculture. The study is based upon historical sources, contemporary public information with statistics, and field work in the Jordanian…
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