Byblos in the Late Bronze Age

Marwan Kilani, Ph.D. (2017), Oxford University, is a researcher for the Swiss National Science Foundation at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. He has published articles and monographs focusing on the sociocultural interactions between Late Bronze Age Egypt and the Levant.

• List of FiguresAbbreviations1 Introduction1 Aims of the Book2 Structure of the Book2 Sources – Archaeological Evidence1 Archaeological Sources – Overview2 The City – Buildings and Organization3 Archaeological Evidence – Elaboration of the Data3 Archaeological Evidence – Quantitative Analyses1 Introduction2 Mycenaean Pottery – Distribution and Spatial Density3 Egyptian Scarabs – Distribution and Spatial Density4 Spindle Whorls and Loom Weights – Distribution and Spatial Density5 Egyptian Objects and Inscribed Blocks from Byblos4 Archaeological Evidence – Sectors and Areas of Interest1 Introduction2 The Tower Temple3 The Temple of the Lady of Byblos4 The Obelisk Temple5 The Chapel of Ramses II6 The Temples of Byblos – Discussion7 Necropolis K8 The Royal Tombs and the Area of the Palace9 The Nahr El-Kalb5 Written Sources1 Thutmose III2 From Amenhotep II to the Amarna Period3 The Amarna Period4 The Late Eighteenth and the Early Nineteenth Dynasties5 Ramses II and the Nineteenth Dynasty6 The End of the Late Bronze Age7 Other Sources6 Byblos in the Late Bronze Age – Biography of a City1 Introduction2 Geographical and Geopolitical Layout3 Economy and Economic Landscape4 Society in Byblos5 Ideology6 Byblos in the Late Bronze AgeAppendixesA SoftwareB Online Supplement1 GitHub Repository – ContentC Identification of the Late Bronze Age Layers1 Definition of the Theoretical Framework2 Definition of the Terminus Sub Quo and Terminus Super Quem3 FiguresReferencesIndexIndex of Cited Texts and Passages