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The first full study of the important first century AD Nabataean inscriptions of Madain Salih in Saudi Arabia since the turn of the century this unique and authoritative work incorporates fifty halftone illustrations of tomb inscriptions It is the first of the new series of supplements to Oxfords Journal of Semitic Studies These supplements will be sold as books and will not be available as part of the subscription of the journal
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The first full study of the important first century AD Nabataean inscriptions of Madain Salih in Saudi Arabia since the turn of the century this unique and authoritative work incorporates fifty halftone illustrations of tomb inscriptions It is the first of the new series of supplements to Oxfords Journal of Semitic Studies These supplements will be sold as books and will not be available as part of the subscription of the journal
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Touching tomb inscriptions from the ancients in Greek and Latin with English tranlsations The universal sentiments expressed in this anthology of inscriptions and epitaphs portray a poignant slice of ancient lives their joy in the temporal life their grief at its passing and their faith in an eternal life of bliss Rest Lightly includes 29 tomb inscriptions and an additional 13 platesillustrations from the 1st through the 7th centuries with transcriptions annotations and verse translations into English Join hearts with our ancient family as they celebrate the lives and mourn the deaths of their beloved children and friends sisters and brothers wives and lovers Special Features Introduction with chapters on the Value of Tomb Inscriptions the Underworld the Study of Tomb Inscriptions and Women and Children Edited text of thirty inscriptions Line drawings Notes and English translations Thirteen platesFor over 30 years BolchazyCarducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books From Dr Seuss books in Latin to Platos Apology BolchazyCarduccis titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Ciceros De Amicitia and Kaegis Greek Grammar We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books Some of the areas we publish in include Selections From The Aeneid Latin Grammar amp Pronunciation Greek Grammar amp Pronunciation Texts Supporting Wheelocks Latin Classical author workbooks Vergil Ovid Horace Catullus Cicero Vocabulary Cards For AP Selections Vergil Ovid Catullus Horace Greek Mythology Greek Lexicon Slovak Culture And History
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Every year thousands of tourists visit the spectacular city of Petra the ancient capital of the Nabataean Empire Here massive monuments have been carved out of the ancient Jordanian mountains Hundreds of magnificent tombs looked down on a city complete with colonnaded streets coliseums baths temples gardens and pools Who were the people who carved this city into the red rose sandstone mountains of Arabia Why did they hide their city in a cleft in the rock Why did they come here and why did they leave this spectacular site Today archeologists and historians are piecing together the answers to these puzzling questions And as the pieces slowly fall together a picture is emerging of a fascinating people who traveled from China to Rome building an empire of incredible wealth and opulence Discover the fascinating story and mystery that surrounds this ancient people The Nabataeans To learn more visit httpnabataeanet
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Nestled in the mountains of Jordan Petra is the most spectacular ancient city remaining in the modern world Petra takes readers on a memorable journey through this wonderland of hundreds of temples tombs and elaborate buildings carved out of solid stone Tracing the citys origins to prehistoric times the text describes its evolution demise and eventual rediscovery in 1812 Throughout the book archival photographs showcase the remarkable architecture and readers are given the opportunity to explore alKhazueh The Treasury one of the most impressive of Petras monuments Other remarkable sights include the 8000seat amphitheater Petra Church with its beautifully preserved mosaics and alDeir or The Monastery perched high on a cliff all vividly depicted in the photography of this handsome volume With text contributed in part by the distinguished American Center of Oriental Research in Amman this authoritative resource is essential reading for archaeologically minded travelers and anyone interested in ancient history
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Every year thousands of tourists visit the spectacular city of Petra the ancient capital of the Nabataean Empire Here massive monuments have been carved out of the ancient Jordanian mountains Hundreds of magnificent tombs looked down on a city complete with colonnaded streets coliseums baths temples gardens and pools Who were the people who carved this city into the red rose sandstone mountains of Arabia Why did they hide their city in a cleft in the rock Why did they come here and why did they leave this spectacular site Today archeologists and historians are piecing together the answers to these puzzling questions And as the pieces slowly fall together a picture is emerging of a fascinating people who traveled from China to Rome building an empire of incredible wealth and opulence Discover the fascinating story and mystery that surrounds this ancient people The Nabataeans To learn more visit httpnabataeanet
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Every year thousands of tourists visit the spectacular city of Petra the ancient capital of the Nabataean Empire Here massive monuments have been carved out of the ancient Jordanian mountains Hundreds of magnificent tombs looked down on a city complete with colonnaded streets coliseums baths temples gardens and pools Who were the people who carved this city into the red rose sandstone mountains of Arabia Why did they hide their city in a cleft in the rock Why did they come here and why did they leave this spectacular site Today archeologists and historians are piecing together the answers to these puzzling questions And as the pieces slowly fall together a picture is emerging of a fascinating people who traveled from China to Rome building an empire of incredible wealth and opulence Discover the fascinating story and mystery that surrounds this ancient people The Nabataeans To learn more visit httpnabataeanet
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Nestled in the mountains of Jordan Petra is the most spectacular ancient city remaining in the modern world Petra takes readers on a memorable journey through this wonderland of hundreds of temples tombs and elaborate buildings carved out of solid stone Tracing the citys origins to prehistoric times the text describes its evolution demise and eventual rediscovery in 1812 Throughout the book archival photographs showcase the remarkable architecture and readers are given the opportunity to explore alKhazueh The Treasury one of the most impressive of Petras monuments Other remarkable sights include the 8000seat amphitheater Petra Church with its beautifully preserved mosaics and alDeir or The Monastery perched high on a cliff all vividly depicted in the photography of this handsome volume With text contributed in part by the distinguished American Center of Oriental Research in Amman this authoritative resource is essential reading for archaeologically minded travelers and anyone interested in ancient history
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For more than four centuries the ancient kingdom of Petra with its magnificent temples and rockcut tombs flourished at the intersection of two major trade routes running from Syria to the Red Sea and from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean The Romans absorbed Petra into their empire in 106 ad and in 363 ad an earthquake left the city in ruins forgotten in the West until European explorers rediscovered it in the 19th century Todaylargely as a result of the astonishing finds from ongoing archaeological excavationsthis beautiful site has become one of the most visited tourist destinations in the Middle East Petra Rediscovered brings us the discoveries from those excavations in a spectacular volume that accompanies a major traveling exhibition on the history and art of this evocative ancient city Vibrantly illustrated with onsite photographymost newly shot for this bookPetra Rediscovered presents the latest archaeological revelations and scholarly research on the city and the Nabataean people Essays in lively prose by archaeologists who have worked at Petra and researched the art objects and inscriptions found there will fascinate history and archaeology buffs art lovers and travelers who will be newly inspired to visit this spectacular site
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By Roman Hands takes Latin out of the textbook and allows students to see and translate Latin as it actually appeared on Roman monuments walls and tombs The first collection of entirely authentic and unadapted inscriptions and graffiti accessible to beginning and intermediate students of Latin By Roman Hands unites the study of language and culture in a novel and compelling way and at a level that the Latin can be grasped and discussed by early Latin learners Ranging from a love letter hastily scratched on a Pompeian wall to the proclamation of an emperors achievements formally inscribed on a monumental arch these carefully selected texts afford fascinating glimpses into the lives and minds of the Romans even as they illustrate and reinforce the basic elements of the Latin language This edition revised to work in parallel with the second edition of Susan Shelmerdine s Introduction to Latinnbspor any standard beginning Latin text includes more texts and illustrations and an additional section of inscriptions for practice and review
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By Roman Hands takes Latin out of the textbook and allows students to see and translate Latin as it actually appeared on Roman monuments walls and tombs The first collection of entirely authentic and unadapted inscriptions and graffiti accessible to beginning and intermediate students of Latin By Roman Hands unites the study of language and culture in a novel and compelling way and at a level that the Latin can be grasped and discussed by early Latin learners Ranging from a love letter hastily scratched on a Pompeian wall to the proclamation of an emperors achievements formally inscribed on a monumental arch these carefully selected texts afford fascinating glimpses into the lives and minds of the Romans even as they illustrate and reinforce the basic elements of the Latin language This edition revised to work in parallel with the second edition of Susan Shelmerdine s Introduction to Latinnbspor any standard beginning Latin text includes more texts and illustrations and an additional section of inscriptions for practice and review
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Discovered within a New Kingdom cemetery the tomb of Nebnefer and his son Mahu required extensive and significant conservation and restoration work This study details the tomb architecture decoration and inscriptions and textual analysis and examines the professions of the tomb owners
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These timeless carnelian doubledrop earrings borrow the inscriptions on the inside of an extraordinary ancient Egyptian cuff ca 14791425 B C in The Met collection The original adornment is one of three pairs of hinged bracelets associated with the tomb housing three foreign wives of Thutmose III who ruled during the New Kingdom period Each cuff is made of burnished gold and inlaid with carnelian and glass that was once turquoise and dark blue but has since faded Theyre likewise inscribed on their inner surfaces with the cartouches and epithets of the king suggesting that they were a royal gift Due to the natural elements in this jewelry the color of the stones may vary
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Edmund Spensers tomb at Westminster Abbey has the inscription the Prince of Poets If youve read Books I and II of his unfinished English epic The Faerie Queene you know why by now Book III is one of the most unique books written from the perspective of the heroic Britomart a warrior princess in search of her true love Along the way she encounters wizards monsters braggarts sea gods cheats and at the end a deathly palace
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Taking readers back 4000 years to the fertile land around the Nile River The Ancient Egyptian World tells the stories of the kings queens pharaohs gods tomb builders and ordinary citizens who lived there Using papyri scarabs tomb inscriptions mummies and a rich variety of other primary sources Eric H Cline and Jill Rubalcaba uncover the fascinating history of ancient Egypt Scarabs which scholars call imperial news bulletins record important moments in a pharaohs reign The Edwin Smith Papyrus details the injuries sustained by the builders of the great pyramids and the remedies used to treat them For a worker who has had a stone fall on his head it suggests bind it with fresh meat and treat afterward with grease honey and lint A complex recipe for a topoftheline mummy describes a process that could take 70 days and involved drawing the brain out through the nose with a crooked piece of iron These primary sources also tell the stories of the people of ancient Egypt Pepi II the sixyearold boy king who commanded armies Ramesses II whose mortuary temple boasts of his expertise in battle against the Hittites Queen Hatshepsut the only woman to rule Egypt as pharaoh and Cleopatra who courted Roman statesman Mark Antony as part of her quest to extend the Egyptian empire The Ancient Egyptian World honors the history of a civilization whose monuments and tombs still capture the imagination of the world thousands of years later
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In this survey the author gives an account of Egyptian burial customs the reasons for their existence and how they changed in response to developments in religion The author describes the tombs and the objects inside them furniture food inscriptions temples for animal gods and shows how the Egyptians coped with the problems of security involved in guarding the afterlife of their dead He goes on to demonstrate how recent scientific developments have added a new dimension to research enabling scholars to trace family relationships identify prevalent diseases and sometimes to discover the full pathological case histories of mummies producing a detailed picture of this culture
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Edmund Spensers tomb at Westminster Abbey has the inscription the Prince of Poets If youve read Books I and II of his unfinished English epic The Faerie Queene you know why by now Book III is one of the most unique books written from the perspective of the heroic Britomart a warrior princess in search of her true love Along the way she encounters wizards monsters braggarts sea gods cheats and at the end a deathly palace
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I have seen yesterday I know tomorrow This inscription in Tutankhamuns tomb summarizesnbspThe Fifth Beginning Here archaeologist Robert L Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity nbsp In an eminently readable style Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the sixmillionyear history of human development the emergence of technology culture agriculture and the state In each example the author examines the longterm processes that resulted in a definitive noturningbacknbspchange for the organization of society Kelly then looks ahead giving us evidence for what he calls anbspfifth beginning one that started about AD 1500 Some might call it globalization but the author places it in its larger contextnbspa fivethousandyear arms race capitalisms global reach and the cultural effects of a worldwide communication network nbsp Kelly predicts that the emergent phenomena of this fifth beginning will include the end of war as a viable way to resolve disputes the end of capitalism as we know it the widespread shift toward world citizenship and the rise of forms of cooperation that will end the nearsacred status of nationstates Its the end of life as we have known it However the author is cautiously optimistic he dwells not on the coming chaos but on humanitys great potential nbsp nbsp
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Taking readers back 4000 years to the fertile land around the Nile River The Ancient Egyptian World tells the stories of the kings queens pharaohs gods tomb builders and ordinary citizens who lived there Using papyri scarabs tomb inscriptions mummies and a rich variety of other primary sources Eric H Cline and Jill Rubalcaba uncover the fascinating history of ancient Egypt Scarabs which scholars call imperial news bulletins record important moments in a pharaohs reign The Edwin Smith Papyrus details the injuries sustained by the builders of the great pyramids and the remedies used to treat them For a worker who has had a stone fall on his head it suggests bind it with fresh meat and treat afterward with grease honey and lint A complex recipe for a topoftheline mummy describes a process that could take 70 days and involved drawing the brain out through the nose with a crooked piece of iron These primary sources also tell the stories of the people of ancient Egypt Pepi II the sixyearold boy king who commanded armies Ramesses II whose mortuary temple boasts of his expertise in battle against the Hittites Queen Hatshepsut the only woman to rule Egypt as pharaoh and Cleopatra who courted Roman statesman Mark Antony as part of her quest to extend the Egyptian empire The Ancient Egyptian World honors the history of a civilization whose monuments and tombs still capture the imagination of the world thousands of years later
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