Palmyra (Arabic edition)

Mirage in the Desert

Häftad, Arabiska, 2019

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Beskrivning

In this important and timely publication, top international scholars present current research and developments about the art, archaeology, and history of the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Syria. Palmyra became tragic headline news in 2015, when it was overtaken by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which destroyed many of its monuments and artifacts. The essays in this book include new scholarship on Palmyra’s origins and evolution as well as developments from both before and after its damage by ISIS, providing new information that will be relevant to current and future generations of art historians and archaeologists. The book also includes a moving tribute by Waleed Khaled al-Asa’ad to his father, Khaled al-Asa’ad, the Syrian archaeologist, who was the head of antiquities and curator at Palmyra, who was brutally murdered by ISIS in 2015 for defending the site.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-03-05
Mått:203 x 254 x 14 mm
Vikt:572 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Arabiska
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:American University in Cairo Press
ISBN:9781617979149

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Joan Aruz is curator emerita, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Innehållsförteckning

Contributors to the VolumeAcknowledgmentsMaps Introduction Joan AruzA Tribute to the Late Khaled al-As`ad, Martyr of Human CivilizationWaleed Khaled al-As’adThe Bride of the Dry Steppe: Palmyra and the Surrounding TerritoryJørgen Christian MeyerThe First Occupation of Palmyra: Soundings in the Sanctuary of Bêl and Tell ez-ZorMichel al-Maqdissi and Eva Ishaq Bel and Baalshamin: Two Lost TemplesMichał GawlikowskiLooking Back on Thirty Years of Syro-German/Austrian Archaeological Research at Palmyra in Memory of Khaled al-As‘ad Andreas Schmidt-Colinet “Ich Bin Ein Palmyrener” Or “Je Suis Tadmor”: On How To Be a Proper Citizen of the Queen of the DesertTed Kaizer Out of a Palmyrene Family. Notes on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Palmyra CollectionEleonora Cussini Palmyrene Funerary Portraits: Collection Histories and Current Research Rubina RajaEmbodied Identities in the Funerary Portraiture of Palmyra Maura HeynPalmyrene Sculpture in Context: Between Hybridity and Heterogeneity Lucinda DirvenZenobia in History and LegendJudith WeingartenBibliography