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Author | : Toni Hurley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : 9780195560275 |
This new edition features a full colour design with a variety of Ancient Societies, Personalities and Historical Periods drawing on a range of archaeological and written evidence. Chapters from Antiquity 3 have also been revised and included in this combined volume to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the HSC Ancient History course, now conveniently in one book. Written and presented in an absorbing and accessible manner, Antiquity 2 Third Edition will enhance students' experience of ancient civilisations and enable them to develop the skills needed for successful study of HSC Ancient History.
Author | : Lucy Grig |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019024108X |
An integrated collection of essays by leading scholars, Two Romes explores the changing roles and perceptions of Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity. This important examination of the "two Romes" in comparative perspective illuminates our understanding not just of both cities but of the whole late Roman world.
Author | : Christopher Kelly |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2013-08-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110727690X |
Theodosius II (AD 408–450) was the longest reigning Roman emperor. Ever since Edward Gibbon, he has been dismissed as mediocre and ineffectual. Yet Theodosius ruled an empire which retained its integrity while the West was broken up by barbarian invasions. This book explores Theodosius' challenges and successes. Ten essays by leading scholars of late antiquity provide important new insights into the court at Constantinople, the literary and cultural vitality of the reign, and the presentation of imperial piety and power. Much attention has been directed towards the changes promoted by Constantine at the beginning of the fourth century; much less to their crystallisation under Theodosius II. This volume explores the working out of new conceptions of the Roman Empire - its history, its rulers and its God. A substantial introduction offers a new framework for thinking afresh about the long transition from the classical world to Byzantium.
Author | : Esther Solomon |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2021-02-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0253055989 |
While the archaeological legacies of Greece and Cyprus are often considered to represent some of the highest values of Western civilization—democracy, progress, aesthetic harmony, and rationalism—this much adored and heavily touristed heritage can quickly become the stage for clashes over identity and memory. In Contested Antiquity, Esther Solomon curates explorations of how those who safeguard cultural heritage are confronted with the best ways to represent this heritage responsibly. How should visitors be introduced to an ancient Byzantine fortification that still holds the grim reminders of the cruel prison it was used as until the 1980s? How can foreign archaeological institutes engage with another nation's heritage in a meaningful way? What role do locals have in determining what is sacred, and can this sense of the sacred extend beyond buildings to the surrounding land? Together, the essays featured in Contested Antiquity offer fresh insights into the ways ancient heritage is negotiated for modern times.
Author | : M. Don Schorn |
Publisher | : Ozark Mountain Publishing |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781886940994 |
Author | : David Walsh |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2018-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004383069 |
In The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity David Walsh explores how the cult of Mithras developed across the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. and why by the early 5th century the cult had completely disappeared. Contrary to the traditional narrative that the cult was violently persecuted out of existence by Christians, Walsh demonstrates that the cult’s decline was a far more gradual process that resulted from a variety of factors. He also challenges the popular image of the cult as a monolithic entity, highlighting how by the 4th century Mithras had come to mean different things to different people in different places.
Author | : Toni Hurley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : 9780195513394 |
Includes glossary of terms, answers to puzzles.
Author | : Felix Flügel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 954 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Thomas SMYTH (D.D., of Charleston, S.C.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 1843 |
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Author | : James Cuno |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2010-10-18 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1400839246 |
Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted museums, private collectors, and dealers against source countries, archaeologists, and academics. Maintaining that the acquisition of undocumented antiquities by museums encourages the looting of archaeological sites, countries such as Italy, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, and China have claimed ancient artifacts as state property, called for their return from museums around the world, and passed laws against their future export. But in Who Owns Antiquity?, one of the world's leading museum directors vigorously challenges this nationalistic position, arguing that it is damaging and often disingenuous. "Antiquities," James Cuno argues, "are the cultural property of all humankind," "evidence of the world's ancient past and not that of a particular modern nation. They comprise antiquity, and antiquity knows no borders." Cuno argues that nationalistic retention and reclamation policies impede common access to this common heritage and encourage a dubious and dangerous politicization of antiquities--and of culture itself. Antiquities need to be protected from looting but also from nationalistic identity politics. To do this, Cuno calls for measures to broaden rather than restrict international access to antiquities. He advocates restoration of the system under which source countries would share newly discovered artifacts in exchange for archaeological help, and he argues that museums should again be allowed reasonable ways to acquire undocumented antiquities. Cuno explains how partage broadened access to our ancient heritage and helped create national museums in Cairo, Baghdad, and Kabul. The first extended defense of the side of museums in the struggle over antiquities, Who Owns Antiquity? is sure to be as important as it is controversial. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.