The Class Reunion offers a critical edition, translation and commentary on the Sumerian scholastic dialogue otherwise known as Two Scribes and speaks to the central themes of scholastic thought in the
In He has Opened Nisaba’s House of Learning twenty-six scholars honor Ake Sjoberg, former editor of the Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, with studies on Mesopotamian literature, religion, and social,
Adad-nirari III ruled from 810 to 783, a tumultuous period of Assyria's early imperial phase that saw Imperial downturn, political weakness, and decentralization. The whole period tends to be neglecte
A specialist mainly in late Babylonian texts from Uruk, Gehlken (U. of Frankfurt on Main) also writes on Mesopotamian astronomy. Here he examines the second half of the weather section of the Assyro-B
The study of these seals complements our meagre textual documentation. The first sangas in particular offer a unique opportunity to assemble a consistent corpus from a single family holding the same t
Bibliographies and references in the 13 selected papers from the December 1996 Concepts of Disease in Ancient Babylonia conference in London are often not up-to-date because of the decade delay in pub
Dutch cuneiform scholar Vanstiphout has been concerned not so much with what ancient Mesopotamian texts say, but how they produce their message. Contributors identified only by name further his struct
Developed by one of the most famous German airplane manufacturing companies at the request of Yugoslavia, the Dornier Do 22 was never adopted by the Luftwaffe and was condemned to obscurity as one of
The events of World War 2 proved beyond any doubt that the strategic bombing campaign greatly contributed to the Allies' ultimate victory over Nazi Germany. British night bombing raids and daylight ca
Altera Roma explores the confrontation of two cultures, European and Amerindian, and two empires, Spanish and Aztec. In an age of exploration and conquest, Spanish soldiers, missionaries, and merchant
This festschrift honors UCLA professor emerita Susan Downey and her meticulous scholarship on religious architecture and imagery in the Roman/Hellenistic world. The iconography of gods and goddesses,
The monograph on the WW2 German bombers Dornier Do 17 and Dornier Do 215 discusses their design, development and operational history. Each variant is specified and comprehensively described with cover
This superb monograph is devoted to the Ar 196, a shipboard reconnaissance aircraft, which became the standard aircraft of the Kriegsmarine throughout World War II.
The second volume carries on the story of the F4U Corsair by examining its development and operational service in later stages of the World War Two. By early 1944 the Corsair well proved its worth in
Gold signet rings, jet pendants or simple lace ends – all dress accessories were highly significant and meaningful objects used in everyday life in later medieval Britain. This study of archaeological
Archaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age is a synthesis of recent Chinese archaeological work on the 2nd millennium BCE--the period associated with China's first dynasties and East Asia's first "states."
Containing twelve papers from senior scholars, Visions of Tiwanaku stays true to its name by providing a platform for each scholar to present an informed view on the nature of this enigmatic place tha
This volume, the second in a series of studies on the archaeology of the Titicaca Basin, serves as an excellent springboard for broader discussions of the roles of ritual, authority, coercion, and the
Honoring Jane Buikstra's pioneering work in the development of bioarchaeological research, the essays in this volume stem from a symposium held at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archae
The origins of the book go back to an August 2007 conference where no papers were presented, only questions asked and knowledge shared about the demography, landscape, and cultural diversity of the no
