Organization, Representation, and Symbols of Power in the Ancient Near East
Author: Gernot Wilhelm
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9781575066752
Category: History
Page: 843
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Language: en
Pages: 447
Pages: 447
Language: en
Pages: 1169
Pages: 1169
This book unravels the formation of the modern concept of cultural heritage by charting its colonial, postcolonial-nationalist and global trajectories. By bringing to light many unresearched dimensions of the twelfth-century Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat during its modern history, the study argues for a conceptual, connected history that unfolded within
Language: en
Pages: 843
Pages: 843
In July, 2008, the International Association for Assyriology met in Würzburg, Germany, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme “Organization, Representation, and Symbols of Power in the Ancient Near East.” This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains 70 of the papers read at the
Language: en
Pages: 378
Pages: 378
The ancient ruins of Southeast Asia have long sparked curiosity and romance in the world’s imagination. They appear in accounts of nineteenth-century French explorers, as props for Indiana Jones’ adventures, and more recently as the scene of Lady Lara Croft’s fantastical battle with the forces of evil. They have been
Language: en
Pages: 166
Pages: 166
A look around the world that reveals the "freedom to travel" is not a universal reality.
