Archaeology

Die Krise des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. und das Gallische Sonderreich

Akten des Interdisziplinären Kolloquiums Xanten 26. bis 28. Februar 2009

The present volume is based on an interdisciplinary colloquium of the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne and the “Centre for Mediterranean Cultures”. The aim...

Figurale Bronzen ägyptischer und griechisch-römischer Art vom Jabal al-‘Awd, Jemen (von Robert Fleischer und Regine Schulz)· Die Felsmalereien von Djarf al-Yahudi im zentraljemenitischen Hochland. Neuere Informationen zur Palastarchitektur im vorislamisc

The first article in this volume presents 17 bronzes that came to light among the ruins of an enwalled settlement atop the Jabal al-‘Awd, a nearly 3000-meter high mountain located...

Die republikanischen Otiumvillen von Tivoli

The territory of the rural Latin town of Tibur (Tivoli) constituted one of the most important sites of Roman villa culture in the Republican period. In the summertime, Roman...

Militär in Rom

Militärische und paramilitärische Einheiten im kaiserzeitlichen Stadtbild

In the Republican period Rome was considered a “demilitarised” zone. Under Augustus soldiers were stationed in the imperial capital for the first time, making a decisive turning...

Die Masken aus der Nekropole von Lipari

In the necropolis of Lipari (Italy) a great amount of terracotta masks from the 4th and early 3rd century B. C. have been found –– an important local speciality. Their study as...

Amphoren aus Cambodunum / Kempten

Ein Beitrag zur Handelsgeschichte der römischen Provinz Raetia

Amphorae played a central role in the long distance transport and trade of (mediterranean) food and other goods during the Roman period. Today they represent an excellent...

Die Funde der jungslawischen Feuchtbodensiedlung von Parchim-Löddigsee, Kr. Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The late Slavonic trading place of Parchim-Löddigsee was completely excavated from 1981 to 1999. This unique research situation enabled the analysis of ca 6.000 small finds not...

Villa und christlicher Kult auf der Iberischen Halbinsel in Spätantike und Westgotenzeit

This volume examines important complexes of late antique and Visigothic villas in rural areas throughout the Iberian peninsula with regard to the process of Christianization,...

Ehrenstatuen in der Spätantike

Chlamydati und Togati

The book investigates the iconography and chronology of the late antique toga statue and the late antique Chlamys statue. Both types of honorific statuary can only be observed...

Selinus II

Die punische Stadt auf der Akropolis

In 409 BC, the Greek colonial town Selinous in Sicily was conquered by the Carthaginians and fell under Punic governance. Having primarily functioned as a military base during the...

Krise und Wandel

Süditalien im 4. und 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Internationaler Kongress anlässlich des 65. Geburtstages von Dieter Mertens

During the fourth and third centuries BC, Sicily and South Italy were the site of almost incessant conflicts between their indigenous peoples, Greek settlers, Punic colonists, and...

Die Basilica Aemilia am Forum Romanum

Der kaiserzeitliche Bau und seine Ornamentik

The Basilica Aemilia in the Forum Romanum is one of the most important buildings of ancient Rome due to its location, size and architecture. It is also especially well preserved...

Fibeln und Gürtelzubehör der späten römischen Kaiserzeit aus Augusta Vindelicum/Augsburg

For the first time ever is the large, manifold collection of late Roman brooches and belt fittings from the late third until the first half of the fifth century AD from the...

Westcar on the Nile

A journey through Egypt in the 1820s

On November 6, 1823, four Englishmen disembarked in the harbour of Alexandria. In the succeeding ten months, they traveled up the Nile as far as the Second Cataract and, in the...

Madrider Mitteilungen

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S. SANZ GONZÁLEZ DE LEMA
Clima y cambio cultural en el Valle del Ebro y Levante español. Paisajes de la...

Christliche Archäologie compact

Ein topographischer Überblick. Europa – Asien – Afrika

“Christian archaeology compact” is the first overview of the whole of the archaeological places and certifications of this discipline. The framework extends geographically from...

Ornamentale Purpurwirkereien

De variis purpureis segmentis, paragaudis, clavis et ceteris ornamentis cum ornamento

The textile finds from Egypt provide a special quantitative and qualitative value to the ornamental purple textiles. They can be counted as a chief representative of ornamental...

Die Baugeschichte der Sophienkirche in Sofia

The unique architecture of the Hagia Sophia Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, gives it a prominent role not only in the history of the city, which assumed the name of the church, but...

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...

Die Ehrenbögen in Pompeji

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Fünf Bogenbauten zieren als Ehrenmonumente zentral gelegene Plätze Pompejis. Seit langem sind sie bekannt und...