Explores the role significance and technological development of textile manufacture in 1st millennium BC Sicily. Clothing was an essential part of material culture in ancient societies both as a form of body protection and as house equipment. Besides a practical fun... Lees meer.

Were Athenians and Boiotians natural enemies in the Archaic and Classical period. The scholarly consensus is yes. Roy van Wijk however re-evaluates this commonly held assumption and shows that far from perpetually hostile their relationship was distinctive and comp... Lees meer.

Sir E. A. Wallis Budge 1857-1934 was Keeper of the British Museum s department of oriental antiquities from 1894 until his retirement in 1924. Carrying out many missions to Egypt in search of ancient objects Budge was hugely successful in collecting papyri statues a... Lees meer.

Sir E. A. Wallis Budge 1857-1934 was Keeper of the British Museum s department of oriental antiquities from 1894 until his retirement in 1924. Carrying out many missions to Egypt in search of ancient objects Budge was hugely successful in collecting papyri statues a... Lees meer.

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Illustrated with numerous photographs figures and maps this book looks at the complex variations in tile shape technical features and decorative motifs which occurred across Greece particularly during the Archaic period. It is for excavators surveyors and archit... Lees meer.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age it may contain imperfections such as marks notations marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important we have made it available as part of our commit... Lees meer.

Published in Origini n. XL 2017. Rivista annuale del Dipartimento di Scienze dell Antichit Sapienza Universit di Roma Preistoria e protostoria delle civilt antiche Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations This paper presents some observations re... Lees meer.

This is a captivating story of music-making at social recreations from Homeric times to the age of Augustine. It tells about the music itself and its purposes as well as the ways in which people talked about it telling anecdotes picturing musical scenes sometimes d... Lees meer.

This is a captivating story of music-making at social recreations from Homeric times to the age of Augustine. It tells about the music itself and its purposes as well as the ways in which people talked about it telling anecdotes picturing musical scenes sometimes de... Lees meer.

For the understanding and interpretation of the religions of times past the imagery of those cultures has always been an important source of information besides the written sources if at all available and the ever-richer archaeological material. The topic of this co... Lees meer.

Why did the Greeks of the archaic and early Classical period join in choruses that sang and danced on public and private occasions. This book offers a wide-ranging exploration of representations of chorality in the poetry art and material remains of early Greece in or... Lees meer.

The four centuries between the composition of the Homeric epics and the conquests of Alexander the Great witnessed an immensely creative period in Greek art one full of experimentation and innovation. But time has taken its toll damaged statues have lost their colour... Lees meer.

Most people think about the sanctuary of Delphi as the seat of the famous oracle and of Olympia as the site of the Olympic games. The oracle and the games however were but two of the many activities ongoing at both sites. This book investigates the physical remains of... Lees meer.

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