Unmarked. Some fading on back cover. No. 83 of the guide-books to the museums, galleries and monuments of Italy series. 62 illustrations. Second Edition. Text in English.
Includes chronology of excavations. Bibliography.
Fiesole is a town and commune of the province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany. It was probably founded in the 9th-8th century BC, as it was an important member of the Etruscan confederacy, as may be seen from the remains of its ancient walls. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Illustrated. Topics include the discovery of the stone, how the stone came to England, decipherment, the hieroglyphic alphabet and more. 32p. In addition to the text on the cultural and historical settings in which the Rosetta Stone was carved, the book includes the translation of the three scripts that appears in the Rosetta Stone: Hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. A colorful introduction to Aztec culture provides young readers with a wealth of background information about the establishment of their civilization around 1300 AD at Tenochtitlan, where they built magnificent pyramids and temples. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Text by RJC Atkinson. Photographs by John Green. Well illustrated, including a diagram of Stonehenge periods I-III. 32p. Oblong. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Illustrated. Some tanning around the edges. pp193-234.
Includes "Excavations in the area of the ancient synagogue at Gaza (preliminary report)" by Ovadiah, the 'Periphrastic Imperative" in Aramaic and Hebrew" by Greenfield, "A Note on an Inscription from Kurnub" by Mann, "Tracian Units in the Royal Army" by Jarret, and "Remarques sur le changement de statut administratif de la province de Judee…" by Pflaum. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Dust jacket with rubbing and some chipping. B/W illustrations throughout. 293p. Focus is on the archaeological discoveries between 1959-1970. • •• View More...
Unmarked. Text in English and Spanish. Vol V, 1968, Numero 4. pp289-377. Measures 6.25x9.25 inches.
Tlalocan is described in several Aztec codices as a paradise, ruled over by the rain deity Tlaloc and his consort Chalchiuhtlicue. Articles in ths issue include "The Codex of Cholula, Part II" by Bente Bittmann Simons, "Jan Cenizas in Chatino" by Kitty and Leslie Pride, La Relación de Ocozocoautla" by Carlos Navarette, and more. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Sunned spine. Marker line on cover. Text in English and Spanish.Vol VI, 1970, Numero 1. pp97-192. Measures 6.25x9.25 inches.
Tlalocan is described in several Aztec codices as a paradise, ruled over by the rain deity Tlaloc and his consort Chalchiuhtlicue. Articles in ths issue include "El Señorío de Ocuituco" by Peter Gerhard, "Tlaxcalans in Guatemala" by William Sherman, "Hongos Alucinantes" by Luis Reyes G., and more. • • • View More...
Includes "Structuralist Interpretations of Pre-Islamic Poetry: Critique and New Directions" by Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, "Omen Texts Concerning Lesser Known Parts of the Lungs" by Ivan Starr, "Wall Paintings from Dur Kurigalzu" by Yoko Tomabechi, "Parallels between the Gilgamesh Epic and Plato's Symposium" by George F. Held, and Book Reviews. • • • View More...
Articles include "You Can't offer your sacrifice and Eat it too: A polemical poem from the Aramaic text in Demotic Script" by Steiner and Nims, "New Evidence for the History of Astrology" by Rochberg-Halton, "The Travels of the Ark: A Religio-Political Composition" by Ahlstrom, "A Marriage Deed from 'Wardunia of Baghdad'" by Golb, "Muhammad Iqbal and Ataturk's Reforms" by Rahman, and book reviews. • • • View More...
A few pencil marks in the books received section. Illustrated. pp169-262.
Articles topics include Brinkman on Mesopotamia; Donner on early Arabic inscriptions from Al-Hanakiyya; Ritner on a Uterine amulet in the Oriental Institute Collection; Killean on the development of Western grammars of Arabic; Zittler on the small shrine of Enlil at Nippur; Pardee on three Ugaritic tablet joins; and Whiting on a copper coin of Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud of Hamuh. • • • View More...
Articles include Turkish Mosque Orientation and the Secular Variation of the Magnetic Declination by Frank E. Barmore; A Comparison of the Arabic and Earlier Egyptian Contract Formularies, Part II: Terminology; Correspondences osiriennes entre les temples d'Opet et de Khonsou by Jean Claude Degardin; A propos de l'origine du nom de la Syrie by Christian Cannuyer; Hittite hashas by Charles Carter; The Significance of Aramaic 4<*n. • • • View More...
Unmarked. A few "X's" in the books received section. B/W illustrations and a map. Articles include "Islamic Civilization and the Legend of Political Failure" by Christie Hess Andrew, "The Cult of Aserah / Elat at Sidon" by John Wilson Betlyon, "Mernaptah's Israel" by W. W. Ahlstrom and D. Edelman, and more. Book Reviews. 79p. * * * View More...
Unmarked. Illustrated. Articles include "Climatic Change and the Eleventh-Tenth Century Eclipse of Assyria and Bablonia" (Neumann and Parpola), "Proportional Guidelines in Ancient Near Eastern Art" (Azarpay), and "'Stative,' Predicative, Form, Pseudo-Verb" (Huehnergard). Book Reviews. pp161-244. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Illustrated. Book Reviews. pp81-157.Articles include: Urbanization and the Organization of Animal Production at Tell Jemmeh in the Middle Bronze Age Levant by Paula Wapnish and Brian Hesse; New Light on the Lunar Crescent Visibility Table of Ya'qub ibn Tariq by Jan P. Hogendijk; A Comparison of Arabic and Early Egyptian Contract Formularies, Part III: The Idiom of Satisfaction by Gladys Frantz-Murphy; A New Manuscript Join in the "Festival of Wood Offering (Temple Scroll XXIII) by Michael O. Wise; A Mathematical Approach to Certain Dynastic Spans in the Sumerian King List by Dwight D... View More...
Articles include: Shah Wali Allah's Theory of the Subtle Spiritual Centers (Lata'if): A Sufi Model of Personhood and Self-Transformation by Marcia K. Hermansen; MLS HKRSYM in Phoenician Inscriptions from Cyprus, the QRSY in Arad, HKRSYM in Egypt, and BNY QYRS in the Bible by Yosel Garfinkel; A New Engraved Tridacna Shell from Kish by David S. Reese; The Historical Setting of the Uruk Prophecy by Jonathan A. Goldstein. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Sun line at the bottom. Corner crease on cover. Illustrated.
Articles include: The Agricultural Economy of an Old Kingdom Town in Egypt's West Delta: Insights from the Plant Remains by Marie-Francine Moens & Wilma Wetterstrom; Some Notes on Tahnik in Medieval Islam by Avner Gil 'Adi; The Lunar Date of Ramesses II by Lee W. Casperson; Athletic Contests in Hittite Religious Festivals by Charles Carter; book reviews. pp159-240 • •• View More...
Unmarked. Beautiful color plates. Measures 9.25x11.25 inches. 144p. Chapters include Stonehenge, the Iron and Bronze Ages, Camelot, the Plantagenets, the Medieval Period, and more. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Price tag and sun line on cover. 189p. Index.
Chicago Natural History Museum Popular Series, Anthropology, Number 37. Drawings by Susan T. Richert, with red printing to emphasize features. • •• View More...
Unmarked. Fully illustrated in color, including maps. This guide describes the life and landscape of the Wall, offering remarkable insights into Roman military organization. 52p. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Illustrated. Originally published in 1922, and revised in 1950, this is the 1961 reprint. Measures 9.75x12 inches. Reproduces the stone and cartouche examples that were used to decipher the stone. 8p. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Black and white illustrations. Chronological table. Index. 144p. Bibliography.
The pre-Columbian civilizations of Mexico, Mesoamerica, and South America offer paradoxical mixtures. This book draws on archaeological findings to present the history of the Indian civilizations in America from 500 BC to the Hispanic conquests. • • • View More...
