Archaeological Mission of Chieti University in Libya: Reports 2006-2008

Archaeological Mission of Chieti University in Libya: Reports 2006-2008
Author: Oliva Menozzi
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2020-12-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1789694477

This volume is dedicated to the Archaeological Mission in Cyrenaica, starting with the reports and researches of the seasons from 2006 to 2008. The emphasis of the publication is to present archaeological data to form part of an archive of finds, sites and monuments: a resource and reference point for archaeologists from Libya and elsewhere.

The Southern Necropolis of Cyrene

The Southern Necropolis of Cyrene
Author: Luca Cherstich
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2024-05-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1803275502

This book analyzes ancient tombs in Eastern Libya, from the Archaic phase to Late Roman times. Despite plundering, these ornate structures reveal funerary competition, spatial organization, and lost rituals. The book reconstructs the social history of ancient Cyreneans through their ostentatious funerary culture.

Living with Seismic Phenomena in the Mediterranean and Beyond between Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Living with Seismic Phenomena in the Mediterranean and Beyond between Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Author: Rita Compatangelo-Soussignan
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2022-04-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1803272368

The first two sections of this book explore different ways of understanding seismic phenomena and present strategies for post-disaster management. Later sections present palaeoseimological and archaeological data (for the most part previously unpublished) on various sites in the Italian peninsula and the wider Mediterranean world and its frontiers.

SOMA 2005

SOMA 2005
Author: Oliva Menozzi
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN:

Proceedings of the IX Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Chieti (Italy), 24-26 February 2005 84 papers. Introduction by S. Trinchese. Preliminary editing by L. Cherstich. Castel Manfrino excavation edited by S. Antonelli.

Cosmic Order and Divine Power

Cosmic Order and Divine Power
Author: Johan C. Thom
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2014-09-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783161528095

The treatise De mundo offers a cosmology in the Peripatetic tradition which subordinates what happens in the cosmos to the might of an omnipotent god. Thus the work is paradigmatic for the philosophical and religious concepts of the early imperial age, which offer points of contact with nascent Christianity.

Libyan Studies

Libyan Studies
Author: Richard George Goodchild
Publisher: Society for Libyan Studies
Total Pages: 410
Release: 1976
Genre: History
ISBN:

Twenty papers, some published here for the first time, resulting from Goodchild's work in Libya between 1946 and 1967. Papers focus on specific Roman, medieval and Islamic sites, finds and inscriptions.

Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest

Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest
Author: Anna Leone
Publisher: Edipuglia srl
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2007
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 8872284988

"This book examines the complex transition of North Africa from the Late Roman period to the Arab conquest, focusing on three provinces: Zeugitana, Byzacena and Tripolitana. In particular, it considers the continuity and transformation of towns, as a result of economic, political and social changes. The period sees the wide diffusion of Christianity, the imposition of Vandal rule and Arianism, the presence of a new Empire and the Arab/Muslim takeover. It is also a period of archaeological and material transition: physically towns changed and classical structures, in particular, decayed and were reused. The evidence considered here encompasses a wide range of material, including publications from 1800 (Italian and French colonial excavations) to modern times. These data form the basis for a detailed review of archaeological evidence in this geographical area and for the analysis of the processes of evolution that characterised North African cities"--

A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo

A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo
Author: Duane W. Roller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1188
Release: 2018-01-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1316853152

Strabo's Geography, completed in the early first century AD, is the primary source for the history of Greek geography. This Guide provides the first English analysis of and commentary on this long and difficult text, and serves as a companion to the author's The Geography of Strabo, the first English translation of the work in many years. It thoroughly analyzes each of the seventeen books and provides perhaps the most thorough bibliography as yet created for Strabo's work. Careful attention is paid to the historical and cultural data, the thousands of toponyms, and the many lost historical sources that are preserved only in the Geography. This volume guides readers through the challenges and complexities of the text, allowing an enhanced understanding of the numerous topics that Strabo covers, from the travels of Alexander and the history of the Mediterranean to science, religion, and cult.

Roman Theatres

Roman Theatres
Author: Frank Sear
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2006-07-20
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0191518271

This book is a definitive architectural study of Roman theatre architecture. In nine chapters it brings together a massive amount of archaeological, literary,and epigraphic information under one cover. It also contains a full catalogue of all known Roman theatres, including a number of odea (concert halls) and bouleuteria (council chambers) which are relevant to the architectural discussion, about 1,000 entries in all. Inscriptional or literary evidence relating to each theatre is listed and there is an up-to-date bibliography for each building. Most importantly the book contains plans of over 500 theatres or buildings of theatrical type, as well as numerous text figures and nearly 200 figures and plates.

Cyrenaica

Cyrenaica
Author: Philip Kenrick
Publisher: Libya Archaeological Guides
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781900971140

This is the second volume in this series, which was launched to great acclaim in 2009. Cyrenaica (known to the Arabs as the Jabal Akhdar, the Green Mountain) has a terrain which resembles that of Greece or western Turkey. It was settled at an early date by Greeks and subsequently was part of the Roman and Byzantine empires before the advent of the Arabs. Each of these civilisations has left its mark on the landscape, not only at the locations of the major cities on the coast, but also at a host of lesser towns and villages whose ruins still dot the countryside. All are described and explained in a comprehensive gazetteer. - Historical background, from prehistory until the Italian invasion in 1911 - Regional maps, site plans, drawings and reconstructions of individual buildings - Museum layout plans and guides to displays - Navigating instructions, with GPS coordinates for most sites - Lavish photography in colour