1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796550103321

Autore

Liverani Mario

Titolo

Imagining Babylon : the modern story of an ancient city / / Mario Liverani ; translated from the Italian by Ailsa Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-61451-958-7

1-61451-458-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (506 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in ancient Near Eastern records, , 2161-4415 ; ; volume 11

Disciplina

935/.5

Soggetti

Cities and towns, Ancient - Middle East

Excavations (Archaeology) - Middle East

Babylon (Extinct city)

Middle East Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface To The Italian Edition -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1. Rediscovery and perplexity -- 2. Acceptance and modification -- 3. The season of theoretical models -- 4. The new models in practice -- 5. Modernity: new approaches and new settings -- 6. Post-modernity: computerization and deconstruction -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Ever since the archaeological rediscovery of the ancient Near East, generations of scholars have attempted to reconstruct the 'real Babylon,' known to us before from the evocative biblical account of the Tower of Babel. After two centuries of excavations and scholarship, Mario Liverani provides an insightful overview of modern, Western approaches, theories, and accounts of the ancient Near Eastern city"--Provided by publisher.