Ancient Near East Archaeology

Die Sammlung Kiseleff im Martin-von-Wagner-Museum der Universität Würzburg

Teil I: Ägyptische und koptische Antiken

In 1982, in the 400th year of the second founding of the Julius Maximilian University Würzburg, Alexander Kiseleff (1919–2002) donated a large part of his private collection of...

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Vol. 6, Encompassing the Sacred in Islamic Art

To what extent has Islam as a religion shaped the art and material culture of the Middle East and North Africa? How is Islamic religion, in turn, informed by art and material...

Wissenschaft und Turbulenz

Wolfgang Fritz Volbach, ein Wissenschaftler zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen

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Wolfgang Fritz Volbach (1892-1988), Spezialist auf dem Gebiet der frühchristlichen und byzantinischen Kunst,...

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Band 5

Geographically spanning from Spain to Central Asia, the themes included in the fifth volume of Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie encompass architecture, archaeology,...

Die unverzierte frühislamische Keramik aus Kharab Sayyar, Nordostsyrien

The book’s subject is a detailed presentation of plain ceramic from the early Islamic town Kharab Sayyar in the north-east of Syria, taking into account questions of merchandise,...

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Band 3

Ornament has always been regarded as a field in which Islamic Art has excelled. However, it can be debated whether ornamental treatment of surfaces can actually be seen as a...

Egypt 1350 BC to AD 1800

Art Historical and Archeological Studies for Gawdat Gabra

This tribute by a baker’s dozen of women to the esteemed Coptologist Gawdat Gabra comprises articles dealing with subjects reflecting his scholarly interests in the art and...

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Band 2

The subjects of volume 2 of the „Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie“ (BIKA, Contributions to Islamic Art History and Archaeology) include architecture, painting,...

Kulturen am Rande Mesopotamiens: von West-Kleinasien bis zum Kaspischen Meer

Katalog der Sammlung der Abteilung »Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Vorderen Orients« an der Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

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Seit dem Eintreffen der Sammlung am Institut für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Vorderen Orients 1998 wird...

Dr. Arnold Nöldeke, Briefe aus Uruk-Warka 1931 bis 1939

Between 1931 and 1939, Arnold Nöldeke directed the German excavations at Uruk-Warka in southern Iraq, which are now under the direction of the German Archaeological Institute....

Skythika in Transkaukasien

Reiternomadische Sachkultur im archäologischen Fundkontext

This volume deals with so called scythoid finds in Transcaucasia usually interpreted as traces of nomadic invasions. On contrary, the analysis of the archaeological material shows...

Arms and Armour as Indicators of Cultural Transfer

The Steppes and the Ancient World from Hellenistic Times to the Early Middle Ages

The contributions in this volume give an impression of contemporary archaeological, art historical, and historical research in military equipment of and under the influence of...

Stone Age Sites and their Natural Environment

The Capital Area of Northern Oman. Part III

This volume presents the data and interpretations which served as a basis for part 4 (Stone Age Settlements on the Coast of Ra’s al-Hamra. Masqat, Oman) of TAVO Map B I 8 dealing...

Untersuchungen zur historischen Topographie Nordmesopotamiens

nach keilschriftlichen Quellen des 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr.

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Seit dem Erscheinen des Buches von E. Forrer über die neuassyrische Provinzeinteilung wurden nur noch wenige...