Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and RomeWell illustrated with nearly 300 line drawings, maps and photographs, Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from an archaeological perspective, and in their cultural and historical contexts. Covering a huge area geographically and chronologically, it brings to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered by archaeological excavations from the Mediterranean basin and south-west Asia Examining both pre-Classical and Classical periods, this is an excellent introductory textbook for students of classical studies and archaeology alike. |
Contents
NEAR EASTERN EGYPTIAN AND AEGEAN CITIES | 11 |
EARLY SUMERIAN CITIES | 29 |
The development of writing | 38 |
the Royal Tombs | 46 |
MESOPOTAMIAN CITIES IN THE LATE THIRD | 52 |
CITIES OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION | 67 |
EGYPT OF THE PYRAMIDS | 78 |
EGYPTIAN CITIES TEMPLES AND TOMBS | 99 |
ATHENS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY BC | 241 |
GREEK CITIES AND SANCTUARIES IN THE LATE | 259 |
HELLENISTIC CITIES | 276 |
GREEK AND ETRUSCAN CITIES IN ITALY | 297 |
ROME FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE END OF | 317 |
ROME IN THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS | 335 |
POMPEII AND OSTIA | 343 |
IMPERIAL | 358 |
The Temple of Amun at Luxor | 107 |
The Valley of the Kings | 115 |
TROY | 140 |
The end of the Bronze Age in Anatolia | 152 |
CYPRIOTS CANAANITES AND LEVANTINE | 154 |
The shipwrecks at Cape Gelidonya and Uluburun | 165 |
EARLY GREEK CITYSTATES OF THE IRON | 193 |
Cemeteries at Lefkandi and Athens | 199 |
THE DORIC AND IONIC | 208 |
Samos Miletus and | 215 |
DELPHI AND OLYMPIA | 227 |
Temples | 367 |
Civic buildings | 373 |
Royal tombs | 379 |
ROME | 398 |
Churches | 406 |
Further reading | 412 |
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Illustration sources | 430 |
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Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and ... Charles Gates No preview available - 2003 |
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