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In response to the catastrophic destruction of Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO world heritage site, a group of major international scholars gathered to focus on the art, archaeology, and history of the beleaguered site and present their latest findings. Their papers, given at a symposium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2016, have been collected in this fascinating and important publication. They are accompanied by a moving tribute by Waleed Khaled al-Asa‘ad to his father, Khaled al-Asa‘ad, the Syrian archaeologist and head of antiquities for the ancient city of Palmyra who was brutally murdered in 2015 while defending the site. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana} Palmyra: Mirage in the Desert, published simultaneously in English and Arabic, is the latest volume in the Metropolitan Museum symposium series. It is a major contribution to the knowledge and understanding of this multicultural desert—located at the crossroads of the ancient world—that will help preserve the memory of this extraordinary place for generations to come.

Recent archaeological research has transformed our understanding of the Phoenicians and their colonies. This updated and expanded version of Aubet's successful synthesis, The Phoenicians and the West, originally published in English in 1993, incorporates more recent research findings, and... číst celé

The book delves into the evolution of the Canaanite culture in the Western Levant, tracing its journey from early farming communities in the eighth millennium B.C. to the eventual fragmentation of its social and cultural ideals by the end of the first millennium B.C. It provides insights into the distinctive aspects of their society, highlighting the changes and continuities that shaped their identity over millennia.

All essays in this volume were presented at the symposium Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age held in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 6-7, 2014. číst celé

Museumsexponate, Grafiken und Karten vermitteln eine allgemein verständliche Einführung in die Geografie und Kulturgeschichte des Heiligen Landes und der Reiche und Staaten, die in der Bibel erwähnt werden: von Ägypten und Assyrien bis zu den Griechen und Römern.

Die östliche Mittelmeerküste war bereits im Altertum ein historischer Brennpunkt. Hier, am Kreuzpunkt wichtiger Handelswege, trafen verschiedene Völker aufeinander und stießen kulturelle Entwicklungen an, die die Weltgeschichte veränderten. So liegen im Lande Kanaan nicht nur viele Schauplätze des Alten Testaments, sondern mit einem Alter von über 10.000 Jahren befindet sich hier auch die älteste Stadt der Welt – Jericho. In gut lesbaren, wissenschaftlich fundierten Texten stellt der Autor wichtige archäologische Stätten in den heutigen Staaten Israel, Palästina, Jordanien, Libanon und Syrien vor und zeigt, wie sich die Lebensverhältnisse der Menschen im Laufe der Jahrtausende veränderten.