The Temple of Ningirsu - The Culture of the Sacred in Mesopotamia

"A comprehensive reexamination of the history of the temple site in the sacred Sumerian city of Girsu through modern excavations and the reevaluation of earlier archaeological discoveries. Examines the role of rescue and preventative excavations as a way to stabilize and preserve exposed but inadequately recorded archaeological sites"--

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Sébastien Rey is the curator for ancient Mesopotamia at the British Museum and director of the Girsu Project in Iraq. Among his most recent publications are For the Gods of Girsu: City-State Formation in Ancient Sumer, No Man’s Land, and Thunderbird: A Temple Hymn from Ancient Sumer.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sebastien Rey, Sébastien Rey
• Verlag: University Presses
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 09.07.2024
• EAN: 9781646022649
• ISBN: 978-1-64602-264-9
• Abmessung: 229 mm x 279 mm x 75 mm
• Gewicht: 4354 g
• Illustration: Raster, farbig
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Mesopotamia, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Ancient, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies, Archaeological sites