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This volume is a collection of essays, which exemplify the range and diversity of work currently being undertaken on the regional landscapes of the British Bronze Age and the progress which has been made in both theoretical and interpretive debate. Together these papers reflect the vibrancy of current research and promote a closer marriage of landscape, site and material culture studies.
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In the second year of the reign of Emperor Xianfeng of Qing Dynasty, an ancient Western Zhou tripod found in Shanxi that be stocked by Weifang academician Chen Jieqi. Chen is good at studying inscriptions on bronze and stone. He discovered a big secret hidden in the inscriptions inside the tripod. At this time, a bloody letter placed at the door of his home made him realize that he was being used. Next, he was involved in a dispute between the government...
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Emerveillez-vous de l'indiscutable beauté des gravures ornant les tambours de l'âge de bronze...
L'âge du bronze engendra des innovations révolutionnaires. Parmi elles, les tambours de bronze, plus solides et plus sonores que leurs prédécesseurs en bois et en peaux, furent gravés de décorations assurant à leurs possesseurs un prestige jusque dans leurs tombes, voire au-delà. Ces gravures, sur le sommet (dit tympan) ou sur la base cylindrique...
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Deeply interested in theology but never satisfied with the commonplaces of faith, Edward Lense wrote liturgical poems that delve into the meaning of belief. Both free verse and formalist, they employ biblical imagery such as transformative fire, living water, spiritual cleansing, and certainty of salvation to reveal their importance for modern times. Following the tradition of Milton, Donne, George Herbert, and T. S. Eliot, the poet tells of no easy...
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This volume brings together an international group of researchers to address how Mycenaean and Minoan states controlled the economy. The contributions, originally delivered at the 2007 Langford Conference at the Florida State University, examine the political economies of state (and pre-state) entities within the Aegean Bronze Age, including the issues of centralization and multiple scales of production, distribution, and consumption within a polity;...
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Examines the culture and chronology of increasingly complex urban societies in western Anatolia during the Early Bronze Age.
Bringing together expert voices and key case studies from well-known and newly excavated sites, this book calls attention to the importance of western Anatolia as a legitimate, local context in its own right. The study of Early Bronze Age cultures in Europe and the Mediterranean has been shaped by a focus on the Levant, Europe,...
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* Compelling, scientific evidence for the existence of heaven and hell to which we are ultimately consigned
* Effortless, step-by-step guide for a more abundant life, here on earth, and eternal life in heaven
* You don't have to be 'gold' to get to the top
* Absolutely unmissable
In this beautifully written, persuasive book, Harry Aslan deals with the central, compelling, controversial questions that have occupied ordinary men and women as well...
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Dig deeper into Etruscan artwork and go inside the world of bronze metalworking and the terra-cotta industry. Professor Tuck shows you the patterns to their art, traces the Greek influence, and surveys the Etruscan gift for portraiture. You'll study examples of their art and the techniques that went into making it.
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The Awesome Eighties: Experience the punk movement as it shakes up Riverdale! Behold the rise of MTV! The Nifty Nineties: Rock out to the sensational sounds of boy bands, and hook up your satellite dish so you can enjoy teens from Beverly Hills and more! It's all here and then some in this edition chock-full of comedy classics from the Bronze Age of Archie!
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Year 2018: the bronze crown disappears from the icon of the Palazzo della Signoria in Jesi, which has always been above the rampant lion, symbolizing the royalty of the city. A new enigma to solve for the scholar Lucia Balleani who, finally met love in the young archaeologist Andrea Franciolini, will have to rediscover with him some unknown sides related to the life of her ancestor Lucia Baldeschi. So let's go back, together with our two heroes, back...
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…He countered using all his strength. A doo bun chirugi double punch, a yup chagi side kick to the stomach and to finish, a gullgi chagi hook kick to the head." Dylan Kim is a black belt in Taekwondo. He trains hard. He fights smart. One day, a mysterious Korean girl pleads for Dylan's help. Using sorcery, she sends him back to ancient Korea on a quest to find a missing bronze chest for the King of Goguryeo. There, Dylan encounters thieves, giants,...
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Donald Kagan is Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. His most recent books are The Peloponnesian War and Thucydides: The Reinvention of History. Gregory F. Viggiano is associate professor of history at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He and Kagan are the authors of Problems in the History of Ancient Greece.
A major contribution to the debate over ancient Greek warfare by some of the world's leading scholars
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High King Agamemnon faces the most crushing dilemma of his life. Kill his beloved eldest daughter? Or forfeit victory in the Trojan War? A father's secret plot clashes with a girl's romantic dreams in this chilling classic play from Ancient Greece.
The most powerful dramatic script by EURIPIDES springs to life anew in a fresh adaptation by writer EDWARD EINHORN (Paradox in Oz, Fractions in Disguise, The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein)...
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