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The Sculpture and Sculptors of Yaz?l?kaya

Author : Robert L. Alexander
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
ISBN 13 : 9780874132793
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book The Sculpture and Sculptors of Yaz?l?kaya written by Robert L. Alexander and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About 100 miles east of the modern Turkish capital. Ankara, the Hittites created their largest surviving sanctuary within the group of huge, outcropping rocks known as Yazilikaya. About 90 figures of deities from the sanctuary still survive after some 35 centuries. This book is the first to present a stylistic study and establish a relative chronology for all the reliefs of Yazilikaya.

Recent Developments in Hittite Archaeology and History

Author : Hans Gustav Güterbock
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 1575060531
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Book Synopsis Recent Developments in Hittite Archaeology and History by : Hans Gustav Güterbock

Download or read book Recent Developments in Hittite Archaeology and History written by Hans Gustav Güterbock and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of scholarly essays centered in Hittitology pays tribute to the life and distinguished career of Hans Güterbock. Stemming from research papers presented at the 1997 meeting of the American Oriental Society, this volume reexamines the philological, historical, and archaeological evidence from the Hittite period. Reporting on new archaeological excavations, philological study, and historical research, these scholars inform and sharpen our knowledge of ancient Anatolia.

The Sculpture and Sculptors of Yazılıkaya

Author : Robert L. Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Sculpture and Sculptors of Yazılıkaya written by Robert L. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About 100 miles east of the modern Turkish capital. Ankara, the Hittites created their largest surviving sanctuary within the group of huge, outcropping rocks known as Yazilikaya. About 90 figures of deities from the sanctuary still survive after some 35 centuries. This book is the first to present a stylistic study and establish a relative chronology for all the reliefs of Yazilikaya.

Historical Dictionary of the Hittites

Author : Charles Burney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538102587
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of the Hittites by : Charles Burney

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Hittites written by Charles Burney and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hittites created one of the great civilizations of the ancient world, although it remained almost unknown until excavations in the early 20th century revealed the extent and importance of its culture. For nearly five centuries the Hittites controlled vast areas of Anatolia, by direct or indirect rule, engaging in almost incessant warfare, and, at the same time, making significant contributions to culture and religion of the region. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Hittites contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on mportant persons, places, essential institutions, and the significant aspects of the society, government, economy, material culture, and warfare. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Hittites.

Languages and Cultures in Contact

Author : Karel van Lerberghe
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789042907195
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Languages and Cultures in Contact written by Karel van Lerberghe and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 33 papers presented at the 42th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale held at the University of Leuven in July 1995. The main purpose of the conference on Languages and Cultures in Contact was to focus on contacts and exchanges between the various cultures in the Syro-Mesopotamian realm by re-evaluating the geographical limits of 'Mesopotamian' civilization to include the Upper- and Middle-Euphrates regions of Syria. These proceedings cover areas of research in the fields of philology, archaeology and history alike. They bring together essays on a great number of topics, including comparative linguistics, the spread of literacy and administrative practices, cultural exchanges, diffusion and acculturation. Finally the book contains reports on current excavations and surveys in the Ancient Near East.

Objects of Authority

Author : Jakub Stejskal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000637549
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Objects of Authority written by Jakub Stejskal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-12 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the celebrated elegance of Cycladic marble figurines an effect their Early Bronze Age producers intended? Can one adequately appreciate an Assyrian regal statue described by a cuneiform inscription as beautiful? What to make of the apparent aesthetic richness of the traditional cultures of Melanesia, which, however, engage in virtually no recognizable aesthetic discourse? Questions such as these have been formulated and discussed by scholars of remote cultures against the backdrop of a general scepticism about the prospects of escaping the conditioning of one’s own aesthetic culture and attuning to the norms of a remote one. This book makes a radical move: it treats the remote observers’ lack of aesthetic insight not as a hindrance to aesthetic analysis, but as a condition requiring an aesthetic theory that would make room for an aesthetic analysis independent of the model of competent aesthetic judgement or appreciation. Objects of Authority represents a rare effort at bringing together methods and concepts that are often addressed by separate disciplines. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students working on philosophical, art-historical, and anthropological theories of visual art and material culture.

The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient

Author : Henri Frankfort
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300064704
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (647 download)

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Download or read book The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient written by Henri Frankfort and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of Mesopotamian art from Sumerian times to the late Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods. This text also covers the art and architecture of Asia Minor and the Hittites, of the Levant in the second millennium BC, of the Aramaeans and Phoenicians in Syria, and of Ancient Persia.

The Hittites

Author : O. R. Gurney
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787201074
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book The Hittites written by O. R. Gurney and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rediscovery of the ancient empire of the Hittites has been a major achievement of the last hundred years. Known from the Old Testament as one of the tribes occupying the Promised Land, the Hittites were in reality a powerful neighbouring kingdom: highly advanced in political organization, administration of justice and military genius; with a literature inscribed in cuneiform writing on clay tablets; and with a rugged and individual figurative art, to be seen on stone monuments and on scattered rock faces in isolated areas. This classic account reconstructs, in fascinating detail, a complete and balanced picture of Hittite civilization, using both established and more recent sources.

Syro-Hittite Monumental Art and the Archaeology of Performance

Author : Alessandra Gilibert
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110222264
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Syro-Hittite Monumental Art and the Archaeology of Performance written by Alessandra Gilibert and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ceremonial centers of the Syro-Hittite city-states (1200-700 BC) were lavishly decorated with large-scale, open-air figurative reliefs – an original and greatly influential artistic tradition that has captivated the imagination of its contemporaries as well as that of modern scholars. This volume explores how Syro-Hittite monumental art was used as a powerful backdrop to important ritual events, and it opens up a new perspective by situating the monumental heritage in the context of large public performances and civic spectacles of great emotional impact. The first part of the volume focuses on the sites of Carchemish and Zincirli, offering a close reading of the relevant archaeological contexts. The second part of the volume discusses the embedment of monumental art in ritual performance and examines how change in art relates to change in ceremonial behavior, and how the latter relates in turn to change in power structures and models of rulership.

Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings

Author : E.C. Krupp
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1620456052
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings written by E.C. Krupp and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999-02-26 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the celestial myths and cosmic rituals of ancient priests and kings . . . Drawing on intimate knowledge of the more than 1,300 ancient sites he has visited, E. C. Krupp, acclaimed writer and preeminent researcher, takes you to the world's essential sacred places and celestial shrines. Join him on a rich narrative journey to see where the rulers of old communed with the gods of the sky. "Highly recommended to everyone interested in the culture of astronomy and those peoples who practiced it in their own ways."-Sky & Telescope "A lively account of the ways in which our ancestors conceived of and used the heavens."-New Scientist "There can be no doubt that this imaginative and readable work by a widely read and widely traveled author will strike a chord in the minds of a great many modern readers."-Isis "The fact that the book is written by an expert in his field comes through on every page, as does his enthusiasm for the subject."-Astronomy Now "Krupp's indispensable volume is fascinating, well-illustrated, and covers much territory."-Parabola

Of Rocks and Water

Author : Ömür Harmanşah
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782976728
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book Of Rocks and Water written by Ömür Harmanşah and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People are drawn to places where geology performs its miracles: ice-cold spring waters gushing from the rock, mysterious caves which act as conduits for ancestors and divinities traveling back and forth to the underworld, sacred bodies of water where communities make libations and offer sacrifices. This volume presents a series of archaeological landscapes from the Iranian highlands to the Anatolian Plateau, and from the Mediterranean borderlands to Mesoamerica. Contributors all have a deep interest in the making and the long-term history of unorthodox places of human interaction with the mineral world, specifically the landscapes of rocks and water. Working with rock reliefs, sacred springs and lakes, caves, cairns, ruins and other meaningful places, they draw attention to the need for a rigorous field methodology and theoretical framework for working with such special places. At a time when network models, urban-centered and macro-scale perspectives dominate discussions of ancient landscapes, this unusual volume takes us to remote, unmappable places of cultural practice, social imagination and political appropriation. It offers not only a diverse set of case studies approaching small meaningful places in their special geological grounding, but also suggests new methodologies and interpretive approaches to understand places and the processes of place-making.

Pax Hethitica

Author : Yoram Cohen
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447061193
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Pax Hethitica written by Yoram Cohen and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2010 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mit Pax Hethitica erscheint die Festschrift fur Itamar Singer, langjahriger Professor an der Universitat Tel Aviv und fuhrender Hethitologe und Historiker des Alten Orients. Die Festschrift enthalt 34 Beitrage von seinen Kollegen aus der Altanatolistik und Altorientalistik vor allem zu hethitologischen, aber auch zu assyriologischen, syrischen, indogermanischen und agaischen Themen. Die vielfaltigen Beitrage entsprechen den umfassenden Forschungsinteressen des Jubilars, die weit uber die Grenzen Anatoliens und der Hethitologie hinausreichen. Mit Beitragen von: A. Altman, A. Archi, T. Bryce, B.J. Collins, L. d'Alfonso, S. de Martino, A. Dincol, B. Dincol, Y. Feder, M. Forlanini, M. Giorgieri, S. Gordin, J.D. Hawkins, V. Haas, S. Heinhold-Krahmer, H.A. Hoffner, Jr., C. Karasu, H.C. Melchert, C. Mora, N. Oettinger, I. Peled, F. Pecchioli Daddi, M. Poetto, M. Popko, A.F. Rainey, E. Rieken, D. Schwemer, O. Soysal, I. Tati'vili, P. Taracha, G. Torri, T. van den Hout, G. Wilhelm, I. Yakubovich, A. Yasur-Landau und R. Zadok

Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos

Author : Caitlín Barrett
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004222669
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos written by Caitlín Barrett and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of figurines of Egyptian deities from Delos. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between “popular” and “official” cults.

Selves Engraved on Stone: Seals and Identity in the Ancient Near East, ca. 1415–1050 BCE

Author : Serdar Yalcin
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004524568
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Selves Engraved on Stone: Seals and Identity in the Ancient Near East, ca. 1415–1050 BCE written by Serdar Yalcin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selves Engraved on Stone explores the ways in which multiple aspects of identity were constructed through the material, visual, and textual characteristics of personal seals from ancient Mesopotamia and Syria in the latter half of the 2nd millennium BCE.

Mercury's Wings

Author : F. S. Naiden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195386841
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Mercury's Wings written by F. S. Naiden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- Networks. Environmental perspectives on ancient communication / by Grant Parker -- Libraries and communication in the ancient world / by Matthew Nicholls -- Communication and Roman long-distance trade / by Taco Terpstra -- Military communication: the example of the classical battlefield / by F.S. Naiden -- Modes. Monuments of the Hittite and neo-Assyrian empires during the late bronze and iron ages / by James F. Osborne -- Communicating with images in the Roman Empire / by Jennifer Trimble -- Musical persuasion in early Greece / by Timothy Power -- Gesture in the ancient Mediterranean world / by Gregory S. Aldrete -- Exercising sympathy in Mesopotamian letters / by Seth Richardson -- Divinities. Messages and the Mesopotamian gods: signals and systematics / by Seth Richardson -- Pilgrimage and communication / by Ian Rutherford -- The inspired voice: enigmatic oracular communication / by Julia Kindt -- Christianity / by Michael Kulikowski -- Engagements. Cross-cultural communication in the Hellenistic Mediterranean and Western and South Asia / by Matthew Canepa -- Cross-cultural communication in Egypt / by J.G. Manning -- Diplomatic communication in the ancient Mediterranean / by Sheila l. Ager -- Coinage and the Roman economy / by Kenneth W. Harl -- Communicating through maps: the Roman case / by Richard Talbert.

Communities of Style

Author : Marian H. Feldman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022616442X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Communities of Style written by Marian H. Feldman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communities of Style examines the production and circulation of portable luxury goods throughout the Levant in the early Iron Age (1200–600 BCE). In particular it focuses on how societies in flux came together around the material effects of art and style, and their role in collective memory. Marian H. Feldman brings her dual training as an art historian and an archaeologist to bear on the networks that were essential to the movement and trade of luxury goods—particularly ivories and metal works—and how they were also central to community formation. The interest in, and relationships to, these art objects, Feldman shows, led to wide-ranging interactions and transformations both within and between communities. Ultimately, she argues, the production and movement of luxury goods in the period demands a rethinking of our very geo-cultural conception of the Levant, as well as its influence beyond what have traditionally been thought of as its borders.

The Triumph of the Symbol

Author : Tallay Ornan
Publisher : Saint-Paul
ISBN 13 : 9783525530078
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Triumph of the Symbol written by Tallay Ornan and published by Saint-Paul. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the history of Mesopotamian imagery form the mid-second to mid-first millennium BCE. It demonstrates that in spite of rich textual evidence, which grants the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses an anthropmorphic form, there was a clear abstention in various media from visualizing the gods in such a form. True, divine human-shaped cultic images existed in Mesopotamian temples. But as a rule, non-anthropomorphic visual agents such as inanimate objects, animals or fantastic hybrids replaced these figures when they were portrayed outside of their sacred enclosures. This tendency reached its peak in first-millennium Babylonia and Assyria. The removal of the Mesopotamian human-shaped deity from pictorial renderings resembles the Biblical agenda not only in its avoidance of displaying a divine image but also in the implied dual perception of the divine: according to the Bible and the Assyro-Babylonian concept the divine was conceived as having a human form; yet in both cases anthropomorphism was also concealed or rejected, though to a different degree. In the present book, this dual approach toward the divine image is considered as a reflection of two associated rather than contradictory religious worldviews. The plausible consolidation of the relevant Biblical accounts just before the Babylonian Exile, or more probably within the Exile - in both cases during a period of strong Assyrian and Babylonian hegemony - points to a direct correspondence between comparable religious phenomena. It is suggested that far from their homeland and in the absence of a temple for their god, the Judahite deportees adopted and intensified the Mesopotamian avoidance of anthropomorphic picorial portrayals of deities. While the Babylonian representations remained confined to temples, the exiles would have turned a cultic reality - i.e., the nonwritten Babylonian custom - into a written, articulated law that explicity forbade the pictorial representation of God.