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Mesopotamia
The only comprehensive survey in print of the art and architecture of ancient Mesopotamia.
Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011
How artists have examined the legacies of American-led military engagement in Iraq The 1991 Gulf War marked the start of a lengthy period of American-led military involvement in …
Mesopotamia
The Mesopotamians invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. In this collection of essays, the French scholar Jean Bottero attempts to go back to the moment …
Rituals of War
Rituals of war and images of violence in Mesopotamia ca. 3000-500 BCE examined as "magical technologies of warfare."Rituals of War is an investigation into the earliest historical …
Graven Image
Mesopotamia, the world's earliest literate culture, developed a rich philosophical conception of representation in which the world was saturated with signs. Instead of imitating …
Diagnosis of Nasal Bone Fractures by Ultrasonography
The Graven Image
Mesopotamia, the world's earliest literate culture, developed a rich philosophical conception of representation in which the world was saturated with signs. Instead of imitating …
Women of Babylon
Representations of sexual difference (whether visual or textual) have become an area of much theoretical concern and investigation in recent feminist scholarship. Yet although a …
The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq
An important study of the treatment of cultural property, and cultural heritage in general, in modern theatres of conflict. Winner of the 2011 James R. Wiseman Book Award. …
Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography
'Mario Liverani's work is among the most original and penetrating in the discipline of ancient Near Eastern studies. I recommend this brilliant and fascinating book with high …
Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography
The essays collected in this volume represent a selection of studies, previously published mainly in Italian, that make explicit use of anthropological and semiological tools in …