Ancient Angkor
Author: Michael Freeman
Publisher: River Books Press Dist A C
ISBN: UCSD:31822030369334
Category: Travel
Page: 239
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Language: en
Pages: 239
Pages: 239
Guide to art and architecture of Angkor, extinct city, Cambodia
Language: en
Pages:
Pages:
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: 416
Pages: 416
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: 848
Pages: 848
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
