Описание: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, growing numbers of tourists and scholars from Europe and America, fascinated by new discoveries, visited the Near East and Egypt – attracted by the riches and mysteries of the Land of the Bible. Almost all such visitors, no matter how esoteric or academic their pursuits, had to deal with the local authorities and the native workforce for their archaeological excavations. The vast majority of these visitors had to rely on interpreters, dragomans, translators and local guides. This study, based on published and unpublished travel memoirs, guidebooks, personal papers and archaeological reports of the British and American archaeologists, deals with the socio-political status and multi-faceted role of interpreters at the time. Those bi- or multi-lingual individuals frequently took on (or were forced to take on) much more than just interpreting. They often played the role of go-betweens, servants, bodyguards, pimps, diplomats, spies, messengers, managers and overseers, and had to mediate, scheme and often improvise, whether in an official or unofficial capacity. For the most part denied due credit and recognition, these interpreters are finally here given a new voice. An engrossing story emerges of how through their many and varied actions and roles, they had a crucial part to play in the introduction to Britain and America of these mysterious past cultures and civilizations.
Автор: Harman?ah Название: Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East ISBN: 1107533740 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107533745 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book investigates the practice of constructing cities in the ancient Near East. City building was an important component of how Assyrian and Syro-Hittite rulers of the Early Iron Age (c.1200-850 BCE) constructed their political identity. A unique contribution in its field, it brings together architecture and cultural history with the study of antiquity in the Near East.
Автор: Bryce Название: Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East ISBN: 0415642345 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415642347 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7348.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Offering fascinating insights into the people and politics of the ancient near Eastern kingdoms, Trevor Bryce uses the letters of the five Great Kings as the focus of a fresh look at this turbulent and volatile region in the late Bronze Age.
Описание: The first volume in this groundbreaking series covers the period from the mid-tenth to the late third millennium BC and presents the history of Egypt and Western Asia (Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Iran) in ten chapters.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, growing numbers of tourists and scholars from Europe and America, fascinated by new discoveries, visited the Near East and Egypt - attracted by the riches and mysteries of the Land of the Bible. Almost all such visitors, no matter how esoteric or academic their pursuits, had to deal with the local authorities and the native workforce for their archaeological excavations. The vast majority of these visitors had to rely on interpreters, dragomans, translators and local guides.
This study, based on published and unpublished travel memoirs, guidebooks, personal papers and archaeological reports of the British and American archaeologists, deals with the socio-political status and multi-faceted role of interpreters at the time. Those bi- or multi-lingual individuals frequently took on (or were forced to take on) much more than just interpreting. They often played the role of go-betweens, servants, bodyguards, pimps, diplomats, spies, messengers, managers and overseers, and had to mediate, scheme and often improvise, whether in an official or unofficial capacity.
For the most part denied due credit and recognition, these interpreters are finally here given a new voice. An engrossing story emerges of how through their many and varied actions and roles, they had a crucial part to play in the introduction to Britain and America of these mysterious past cultures and civilizations.
Автор: Price, Max D. Название: Evolution of a taboo ISBN: 0197543278 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780197543276 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5067.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The history of pigs in the ancient Near East, from domestication to taboo, has fascinated historians and archaeologists for decades. Rejecting simple explanations, Evolution of a Taboo book adopts an evolutionary approach, weaving together zooarchaeological and textual data to unravel the relationship between pigs and people from the Paleolithic to the present day.
Автор: Brian A. Brown, Marian H. Feldman Название: Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art ISBN: 1501513206 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501513206 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 7429.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume assembles more than 30 articles focusing on the visual, material, and environmental arts of the Ancient Near East. Specific case studies range temporally from the fourth millennium up to the Hellenistic period and geographically from Iran to the eastern Mediterranean. Contributions apply innovative theoretical and methodological approaches to archaeological evidence and critically examine the historiography of the discipline itself. Not intended to be comprehensive, the volume instead captures a cross-section of the field of Ancient Near Eastern art history as its stands in the second decade of the twenty-first century. The volume will be of value to scholars working in the Ancient Near East as well as others interested in newer art historical and anthropological approaches to visual culture.
Автор: Ristvet Название: Ritual, Performance, and Politics in the Ancient Near East ISBN: 1107065216 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107065215 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14890.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Lauren Ristvet rethinks the narratives of state formation by investigating the interconnections between ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East. She uses a wide range of archaeological, iconographic, and cuneiform sources to show how ritual performance was not set apart from the practice of politics; it was politics.
Автор: Strootman Rolf Название: Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires ISBN: 074869126X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780748691265 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 15840.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A complete study of royal courts in the post-Achaemenid Near East. It brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. It shows how the Hellenistic dynastic courts were instrumental in the integration of local elites in the empires, and the (re)distribution of power, wealth, and status.
Автор: Van De Mieroop Marc Название: A History of the Ancient Near East, Ca. 3000-323 BC ISBN: 111871816X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781118718162 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6170.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Incorporating the latest scholarly research, the third edition of A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 323 BC presents a comprehensive overview of the multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near East.
Автор: Silverman Jason, Waerzeggers Caroline Название: Political Memory in and After the Persian Empire ISBN: 0884140881 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780884140887 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 10690.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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