Books written by Rubina Raja
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Pearl of the Desert: a History of Palmyra
These three main topics will together highlight the ways in which this fascinating site has again and again captured the world's focus.Organized in nine chapters, this compact book will set out to provide an introduction for students and ...
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Palmyra: Mirage in the Desert (Arabic Edition)
Palmyra: Mirage in the Desert, published simultaneously in English and Arabic, is the latest volume in the Metropolitan Museum symposium series.
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A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World
Indeed, Romanization (as well as Punicization, Hellenization or even Arabization) is not an ancient word and, ... From a historical bird's‐eye view, it could seem undeniable that important changes in individual religious interests were ...
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Funerary Portraiture in Greater Roman Syria
This volume provides a unique survey of locally produced funerary representations from across regions of ancient Syria, exploring material ranging from reliefs and statues in the round, to busts, mosaics, and paintings in order to offer a ...
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A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World
... dans l'Antiquité: Actes du colloque organisé les 14 et 15 décembre 2007 par les Universités Lyon 2 et Lyon 3. Paris. 219–32. Stern, Karen B. 2008. Inscribing Devotion and Death: Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Populations ...
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Individualizing the Dead: Attributes in Palmyrene Funerary Sculpture
This volume provides an in-depth exploration of different aspects of these funerary portraits, and illuminates in particular the addition of attributes and how and why they were used by both artists and their patrons.
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Lived Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Approaching Religious Transformations from Archaeology, History and Classics
'Between the Menorot: New Light on a Fourth-Century Jewish Representative Composition', Viator 39. 21–48. → Noy, David 1993. Jewish Inscriptions of Western Europe, vol. 1. Italy (Excluding the City of Rome), Spain and Gaul.
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Lived Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Approaching Religious Transformations from Archaeology, History and Classics
This volume applies and further develops these methodological tools, new perspectives and new questions.
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Archival Historiographies: The Impact of Twentieth-Century Legacy Data on Archaeological Investigations
Drawing directly on these trends, this volume offers the first in-depth analysis of what it means to engage in archive archaeology and how it can influence understandings of both the ancient world and the recent past.
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The Oxford Handbook of Palmyra
... Orient , edited by Jørgen Christian Meyer , Nils Anfinset , and Eivind Heldaas Seland , 11-17 . Oxford : Archaeopress . Sommer , Michael . 2018a . Roms orientalische Steppengrenze : Palmyra , Edessa , Dura - Europos , Hatra ; Eine ...
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A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World
A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of a wide range of topics relating to the practices, expressions, and interactions of religion in antiquity, primarily in the Greco-Roman ...
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Pearl of the Desert: A History of Palmyra
... Das palmyrenische Teilreich (Stuttgart: Steiner). Hartmann, Udo. 2008. “Das palmyrenische Teilreich.” In Die Zeit der Soldatenkaiser: Krise und Transformation des Römischen Reiches im 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. (235–284), ed. by Klaus ...
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The Small Stuff of the Palmyrenes: Coins and Tesserae from Palmyra
This volume, which arises from the research project Circular Economy and Urban Sustainability in Antiquity headed by Prof.