Images, perceptions and productions in and of antiquity / edited by Maria Helena Trindade Lopes and André Patrício.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patrício, André, editor.

Lopes, Maria Helena Trindade, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Ancient.

Egypt--Antiquities.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

This book provides access to new and exclusive research in several Antiquity and Antiquity-related fields and subjects. Revolving around four general subjects (Ancient Egypt, the Ancient Near and Middle East, the Classical World, and the Reception of Antiquity), it will provide access to new works spanning from archaeology, literature, art, reception studies, among others, allowing the reader to gain insights into some of the most current subjects of investigation in modern academia.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter One

Ancient Egypt: An Overview

Section 1

The Presence of the Lithic Industry in Wadi C2 at West Thebes

Statues with a Falcon on the King's Back in the Old Kingdom

On the Beginning of Monumental Stone Building in Ancient Egyptian Provincial Temples

A Brand-New Cult in a Traditional People

When the Producer is the Product

The Embracing Mountain

An Approach to the Ancient Egyptian Social Imaginary

On the Egyptian Diplomatic Ties with the Aegean During the Reign of Necho II

Chapter II

The Mesopotamian Civilisation: An Overview

The Divine Feminine in Mesopotamia

Building Identities in the Neo-Assyrian Period

Section 2

Changing Perspectives on the Phoenician Presence in the Mediterranean

Chapter III

Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome: An Overview

Cicero's Personal Omens

Caesar and the Ocean

Pan-Mediterranean Dressel 2-4 Wine Amphorae in Rome and Ostia During the Middle Imperial Age

Sparta, Thera, Cyrene. Myth and Cult of Theras, the Founder of a Lacedaemonian Colony

Chapter IV

Reception of Antiquity

Mummies and Moonlight at Karnak

The Café Oriental

Ciceronian Portraits in Oliveira Martins and António Roma Torres

The Reception of Classical Myths in Alciato's Emblemata

Section 3

Reception of the Biblical and Eastern Antiquity in Early Modern Records

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5275-9276-6