Marlik

Marlik
Author: ʻIzzat Allāh Nigāhbān
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780924171321

The Royal Cemetery at Tepe Marlik was excavated in one incredible 14-month season. The 53 intact tombs contained a fabulous array of precious metal vessels, jewelry, sculpture, weapons, and other artifacts. The gripping tale of these excavations and a detailed report of the excavation and the artifacts from the burials is presented in these two lavishly illustrated volumes.

Marlik

Marlik
Author: Ezat O. Negahban
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1996-01-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The Royal Cemetery at Tepe Marlik was excavated in one incredible 14-month season. The 53 intact tombs contained a fabulous array of precious metal vessels, jewelry, sculpture, weapons, and other artifacts. The gripping tale of these excavations and a detailed report of the excavation and the artifacts from the burials is presented in these two lavishly illustrated volumes. University Museum Monograph, 87

Over the Mountains and Far Away: Studies in Near Eastern history and archaeology presented to Mirjo Salvini on the occasion of his 80th birthday

Over the Mountains and Far Away: Studies in Near Eastern history and archaeology presented to Mirjo Salvini on the occasion of his 80th birthday
Author: Pavel S. Avetisyan
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784919446

This volume is a tribute to the career of Professor Mirjo Salvini on the occasion his 80th birthday, composed of 62 papers written by his colleagues and students. The majority of contributions deal with research in the fields of Urartian and Hittite Studies, the topics that attracted Prof. Salvini most during his long and fruitful career.

The Elementals of Nepharia

The Elementals of Nepharia
Author: Matthew Smith
Publisher: Matthew Smith
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2022-01-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The world of Dastross is split up into four different sections ruled by a tribe of Nepharia, they have been at war with The Darkness for centuries, but for the past two years Drogoth and The Darkness has been living in the shadows waiting for the perfect time to strike again, there's a prophecy that speaks of the Elementals of Nepharia, five Pariahs that are known to be able to take control of the Elements; Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space, together they can stop Drogoth and the Darkness.

The Book of Iran

The Book of Iran
Author: Ḥabīb Allāh Āyat Allāhī
Publisher: Alhoda UK
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9789649449142

RoboCup 2013: Robot World Cup XVII

RoboCup 2013: Robot World Cup XVII
Author: Sven Behnke
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 701
Release: 2014-07-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3662444682

This book includes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 17th Annual RoboCup International Symposium, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in June 2013. The 20 revised papers presented together with 11 champion team papers, 3 best paper awards, 11 oral presentations, and 19 special track on open-source hard- and software papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers present current research and educational activities within the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence with a special focus to robot hardware and software, perception and action, robotic cognition and learning, multi-robot systems, human-robot interaction, education and edutainment, and applications.

The Lie Became Great

The Lie Became Great
Author: Oscar White Muscarella
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789056930417

A thrilling analysis of the world of plunderers, forgers, antiquity dealers, collectors, museums, auction houses with one thing in common: a vivid interest in the Ancient Near East.

The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar

The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar
Author: Elizabeth Simpson
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 1049
Release: 2018-06-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004361715

The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar: Papers Presented to Oscar White Muscarella, edited by Elizabeth Simpson, is a Festschrift celebrating the career of one of the foremost archaeologists of the ancient Near East. Oscar Muscarella is a former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a formidable scholar who has excavated at sites in Turkey, Iran, and the United States. He has published eight books and nearly 200 articles, excavation reports, and reviews on topics ranging from the arts of antiquity and the importance of connoisseurship, to the difficulties of dating and the problems of forgeries, the looting of ancient sites, and the antiquities trade. The forty-seven contributors are experts in the areas of Muscarella’s interests and are major scholars in their fields. This volume constitutes an unusual, important, and timely addition to the archaeological and art historical literature.

7000 Years of Iranian Art

7000 Years of Iranian Art
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1964
Genre: Art objects, Iranian
ISBN:

737 catalogued objects were on view, dating from prehistoric times to the late 19th century and including pottery, metalwork of bronze, gold, and silver, weapons and jewelry, paintings, carpets, and textiles. The exhibition was made up of some 500 objects from the collection of Mohssen Foroughi, brother of the Iranian ambassador to the United States, and some 200 pieces selected from the archaeological museum in Tehran by Richard Ettinghausen. The Foroughi collection had been shown in 6 European museums in 1961-1963 (Sept Mille Ans d'Art en Iran). 12 objects considered to be of doubtful authenticity were withdrawn. The show was opened by the Shah and the Empress Farah, who were in Washington to discuss increased foreign aid to Iran with President Lyndon Johnson.