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21 produkter
Cuneiform
Av Irving Finkel, Jonathan Taylor
Häftad, 2015
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
128 kr
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Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating documents from ancient civilization, written by …
Ark Before Noah
A radical new interpretation of the Noah's Ark story from leading expert and curator at the British Museum
Häftad, 2014
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
162 kr
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The revelatory, unputdownable true story of how a British Museum expert decoded the Old Testament's Story of the Flood.'One of the most important human documents ever discovered . . . his conclusions will send ripples into the world of creationism and among ark hunters.' - Guardian'The charged …
First Ghosts
A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator
Häftad, 2022
146 kr
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The must-read exploration of the earliest human ghost stories from leading expert Irvine Finkel, author of The Ark Before Noah 'It's enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.' - History RevealedThere are few …
Cyrus Cylinder
The Great Persian Edict from Babylon
Inbunden, 2021
602 kr
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Some historical artefacts are destined forever to alter how the ancient world is perceived. The unearthing in today's Iraq (in 1879) of a clay cylinder-shaped decree from Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, stands in the same tradition of game-changing discoveries from …
Writing in the Stone
Inbunden, 2018
289 kr
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In the capital, Nineveh, resides a deep and complex man, the power behind the King of the World. Faced with unforeseen disaster that threatens his authority, he emerges as a psychopathic killer.The author uses his familiarity with ancient writings preserved in the world's museums to recreate a …
Cyrus Cylinder
The Great Persian Edict from Babylon
E-bok, 2013
658 kr
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Some historical artfacts are destined forever to alter how the ancient world is perceived. The unerathing in today's Iraq (in 1879) of a clay cylinder-shaped decree from Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, stands in the same traditin of game changing discoveries from …
Cyrus Cylinder
The Great Persian Edict from Babylon
E-bok, 2013
658 kr
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Some historical artfacts are destined forever to alter how the ancient world is perceived. The unerathing in today's Iraq (in 1879) of a clay cylinder-shaped decree from Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, stands in the same traditin of game changing discoveries from …
Ark Before Noah
A radical new interpretation of the Noah's Ark story from leading expert and curator at the British Museum
E-bok, 2014
40 kr
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The revelatory, unputdownable true story of how a British Museum expert decoded the Old Testament''s Story of the Flood. ''One of the most important human documents ever discovered . . . his conclusions will send ripples into the world of creationism and among ark hunters.'' - Guardian ''The …
Iconea 2009-2010
Proceedings of the International Conference of Near Eastern Archaeomusicology. Universite de la Sorbonne Paris IV November 25, 26 and 27, 2009 and at the University of London, Senate House December 13, 14 and 15, 2010
Av Irving Finkel, Richard Dumbrill
E-bok, 2019
1094 kr
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ICONEA is the only publication exclusively dedicated to the archaeomusicology of Near and Middle Eastern cultures from its Sumerian origins to the dawn of Christianity. ICONEA also publishes papers of comparative archaeomusicology with contemporaneous neighbouring cultures.
First Ghosts
A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator
E-bok, 2021
44 kr
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The must-read exploration of the earliest human ghost stories from leading expert Irvine Finkel, author of The Ark Before Noah ''It''s enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.'' - History Revealed There are few …
Assyrian Stone Vessels and Related Material in the British Museum
Av Ann Searight, Julian Reade m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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This catalogue makes available more than 600 complete or fragmentary stone vessels kept in the British Museum. Most of them were excavated at Nineveh and other major sites in northern Iraq and Syria, and are presented here for the first time. They range in date from prehistory down to the Persian …
In Context: the Reade Festschrift
Av Irving Finkel, St John Simpson
Häftad, 2020
951 kr
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In Context: the Reade Festschrift is a collection of invited and peer-reviewed essays by friends and colleagues of Julian Edgeworth Reade, sometime Mesopotamia curator at the British Museum from 1975 to 2000. Its coverage is designed to reflect the breadth of the recipient’s professional interests, …
‘To Aleppo gone …’: Essays in honour of Jonathan N. Tubb
Av Irving Finkel, J.A. Fraser m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
700 kr
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To Aleppo Gone ... is a festschrift offered in honour of Jonathan Tubb, former Levant curator and Keeper of the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum. It includes 44 contributions invited from Jonathan’s friends and colleagues from across the world, with each short essay exploring a …
Last Resort Library
Häftad, 2007
246 kr
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"The library is situated," said the short entry in the Guide to British Libraries A-L, "in pleasant rolling countryside not too far from Hereford, and is perhaps most readily accessible by private motor vehicle." This statement was quite accurate. Inaccessibility had always been one of the …
Lewis Chessmen
and what happened to them
Häftad, 2014, 9-12 år
61 kr
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The Lewis Chessmen were found on the Isle of Lewis in mysterious circumstances. Consisting of elaborately worked walrus ivory and whales’ teeth in the form of seated kings and queens, bishops, knights, warders and pawns, this curious chess set is strongly influenced by Norse culture. Of the 93 …
Lewis Chessmen and what happened to them
Av Irving Finkel, David Attenborough
2014
48 kr
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The Lewis Chessmen were found on the Isle of Lewis in mysterious circumstances. Consisting of elaborately worked walrus ivory and whales’ teeth in the form of seated kings and queens, bishops, knights, warders and pawns, this curious chess set is strongly influenced by Norse culture. Of the 93 …
Games
Discover and Play 5 Famous Ancient Games
Inbunden, 2005, 3-6 år
97 kr
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Board games have been played since prehistoric times, passing from person to person and country to country all over the world. This colourful and unique book explains the origins of five of the most long-lasting games, with five fold out game boards and rules so that you can play the games …
Writing in the Stone
Häftad, 2018
177 kr
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In the capital, Nineveh, resides a deep and complex man, the power behind the King of the World. Faced with unforeseen disaster that threatens his authority, he emerges as a psychopathic killer.The author uses his familiarity with ancient writings preserved in the world's museums to recreate a …
