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Babylon : legend, history and the ancient city / Michael Seymour.
Van Pelt Library DS70.5.B3 S49 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seymour, Michael (Michael John)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Babylon (Extinct city)--History.
- Babylon (Extinct city).
- Babylon (Extinct city)--In art.
- Babylon (Extinct city)--In literature.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq--Babylon (Extinct city).
- Iraq--Antiquities.
- Iraq.
- Antiquities.
- Iraq--Babylon (Extinct city).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Legend, history and the ancient city : Babylon
- Place of Publication:
- London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2014.
- Contents:
- 1 A city and its ghosts 1
- 2 Ancient Babylon 6
- 3 Tyrants and wonders: The biblical and classical sources 35
- 4 The Earthly City: Medieval and Renaissance approaches 80
- 5 Discoveries and fantasies: Enlightenment and modern approaches 130
- 6 The German experience: Excavation and reception 185
- 7 The Library of Babel: Babylon and its representation after the excavations 217
- 8 Culture and knowledge 252.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-338) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781848857018
- 1848857012
- OCLC:
- 753305375
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