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Chargement... Journey to the City: A Companion to the Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museumpar Steve Tinney (Directeur de publication), Karen Sonik (Directeur de publication)
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The book under review tells the story of urbanization in the Middle East and was written to accompany and extend the vision of the redesigned Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum (opened April 2018). Twelve richly illustrated chapters feature archaeological material in the museum’s collection (with occasional reference to objects in other collections). In addition, the volume includes archaeological drawings and plans, excavation photos, maps, and tables. Chapters are written by 15 experts affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania and the Penn Museum, and they represent an admirably wide range of perspectives from archaeologists, art historians, conservators, curators, museum educators, scientists, and text specialists. A lively range of topics—including mythology and the gods, raw materials, trade, currency, writing technologies, irrigation, and more—are expounded in short features throughout. Chapter 1 reviews the formation of the new galleries; two final chapters discuss the relationship between ancient and modern cities (focusing on Philadelphia) and the role of trade and globalization in the history of the Middle East.
The Penn Museum has a long and storied history of research and archaeological exploration in the ancient Middle East. This book highlights this rich depth of knowledge while also serving as a companion volume to the Museum's signature Middle East Galleries opening in April 2018. This edited volume includes chapters and integrated short, focused pieces from Museum curators and staff actively involved in the detailed planning of the new galleries. In addition to highlighting the most remarkable and interesting objects in the Museum's extraordinary Middle East collections, this volume illuminates the primary themes within these galleries (make, settle, connect, organize, and believe) and provides a larger context within which to understand them.The ancient Middle East is home to the first urban settlements in human history, dating to the fourth millennium BCE; therefore, tracing this move toward city life figures prominently in the book. The topic of urbanization, how it came about and how these early steps still impact our daily lives, is explored from regional and localized perspectives, bringing us from Mesopotamia (Ur, Uruk, and Nippur) to Islamic and Persianate cites (Rayy and Isfahan) and, finally, connecting back to life in modern Philadelphia. Through examination of topics such as landscape, resources, trade, religious belief and burial practices, daily life, and nomads, this very important human journey is investigated both broadly and with specific case studies. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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