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 | | The kings of Aksum formally became Christian during the second quarter of the 4th century, making Ethiopia the second country in the world (after Armenia) officially to adopt the new faith. This landmark book is the first to integrate historical, archaeological, and art-historical evidence to provide ... More » Edition year: 2009 Price: 210.00 zł |
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 | | In this new archaeological study, Arthur Demarest brings the lost pre-Columbian civilization of the Maya to life. In applying a holistic perspective to the most recent evidence from archaeology, paleoecology, and epigraphy, this theoretical interpretation emphasises both the brilliant rain forest adaptations ... More » Edition year: 2004 Price: 100.00 zł |
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 NEW | | Nearly a millennium before the Inca forged a pan-Andean empire in the South American Andes, Tiwanaku emerged as a major center of political, economic, and religious life on the mountainous southern shores of Lake Titicaca. Tiwanaku influenced vast regions of the Andes and became one of the most important ... More » Edition year: 2010 Price: 98.00 zł |
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 NEW Bargain | | Series Editors: Luboš Jiráň, Natalie Venclová These eight volumes represent the most extensive outline published until now of Czech prehistory from the Palaeolithic to the Migration period. It summarizes the present state of the art, shows different approaches to the study of Bohemian prehistory and introduces a new review of archaeological data ... More » Edition year: 2008 Price: 970.00 zł 670.00 zł |
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Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World explores the Jewish experience with art during the Greco-Roman period - from the Hellenistic period through the rise of Islam. It starts with the premise that Jewish art in antiquity was a ‘minority’ or ‘ethnic’ art and surveys ways ... More » Edition year: 2009 Price: 243.00 zł |
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 | | This important volume describes the extraordinary art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean. Objects of the highest artistry reflect the development of a sophisticated trade network throughout ... More » Edition year: 2008 Price: 240.00 zł |
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In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. Over the next three decades, Evans engaged in an unprecedented ... More » Edition year: 2009 Price: 118.00 zł |
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Constantine the Great (285?337) played a crucial role in mediating between the pagan, imperial past of the city of Rome, which he conquered in 312, and its future as a Christian capital. In this learned and highly readable book, R. Ross Holloway examines Constantine?s remarkable building program ... More » Edition year: 2004 Price: 129.00 zł |
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This book tells the story of the Architecture and the Figural Art produced for the Crusaders after the battle of Hattin and the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, during the one hundred years that Acre was the capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1191–1291. It is an art sponsored by kings and ... More » Edition year: 2009 Price: 499.00 zł |
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 NEW | | Maya art and hieroglyphs constitute one of the world's most fascinating, visually striking, and complex systems of expression. Most scholarly interpretations of Maya art and culture have emphasized that this ancient civilization was oriented toward inland centres and preoccupied with the blood of royal ... More » Edition year: 2010 Price: 195.00 zł |
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