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



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Autore: Liverani Mario Visualizza persona
Titolo: Imagining Babylon : the modern story of an ancient city / / Mario Liverani ; translated from the Italian by Ailsa Campbell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2016]
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (506 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 935/.5
Soggetto topico: Cities and towns, Ancient - Middle East
Excavations (Archaeology) - Middle East
Soggetto geografico: Babylon (Extinct city)
Middle East Antiquities
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.): CampbellAilsa
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Imagining Babylon  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61451-958-7
1-61451-458-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910467842803321
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Serie: Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; ; volume 11.