Carthage : fact and myth / edited by Roald Docter, Ridha Boussoffara, Pieter ter Keurs ; [English translation: Beverley Jackson].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Docter, Roald F., editor.

Boussoffara, Ridha, editor.

Keurs, Pieter ter, editor.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Carthago. English.

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city)--Exhibitions.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Carthage (Extinct city).

Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city).

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2015]

Contents:

1. Carthage: fact and fiction

2. Phoenicia: from place of transit to trading nation

3. Punic Carthage

4. The Punic writing system

5. The Tophet of Carthage

6. Egyptian influence in Carthage

7. Carthage as a martime power

8. Carthage & the local Libyan-Numidian population

9. The Punic wars

10. The Mahdia shipwreck

11. Roman Carthage: history and monuments

12. Christian Carthage

13. Dido and Hannibal through western eyes

14. Foreigners on an unfamiliar coast: the rediscovery of Carthage

15. Reflections of Carthage in 19th century art

16. Images of Carthage in the 20th and 21st centuries: Films, comics and games

17. Ancient Carthage in the 21st century: A timeless message.

Notes:

Exhibition catalog.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

9088903115

9789088903113

OCLC:

909276570

Publisher Number:

99965663919