"Writing Remains brings together a wide range of leading archaeologists and literary scholars to explore emerging intersections in archaeological and literary practice. Drawing upon a wide range of literary texts from the nineteenth century to the present, the book offers new ap…
"Writing Remains brings together a wide range of leading archaeologists and literary scholars to explore emerging intersections in archaeological and literary practice. Drawing upon a wide range of literary texts from the nineteenth century to the present, the book offers new ap…
"Writing Remains brings together a wide range of leading archaeologists and literary scholars to explore emerging intersections in archaeological and literary practice. Drawing upon a wide range of literary texts from the nineteenth century to the present, the book offers new ap…
"Writing Remains brings together a wide range of leading archaeologists and literary scholars to explore emerging intersections in archaeological and literary practice. Drawing upon a wide range of literary texts from the nineteenth century to the present, the book offers new ap…
"Writing Remains brings together a wide range of leading archaeologists and literary scholars to explore emerging intersections in archaeological and literary practice. Drawing upon a wide range of literary texts from the nineteenth century to the present, the book offers new ap…
In 1872, a young archaeologist at the British Museum made a tremendous discovery. While he was working his way through a Mesopotamian 'slush pile', George Smith, a self-taught expert in ancient languages, happened upon a Babylonian version of Noah's Flood. His research suggested…
In 1872, a young archaeologist at the British Museum made a tremendous discovery. While he was working his way through a Mesopotamian 'slush pile', George Smith, a self-taught expert in ancient languages, happened upon a Babylonian version of Noah's Flood. His research suggested…
'The lost girl' analyses a number of British writers between 1850 and 1930 and the (shifting) influence and role of the Persephone myth. In this myth Demeter sacrificed her daughter Kore-Persephone to the God of the Dead. This book, in addition to scrutinising canonical and less…
From the Trojan War to the sack of Rome, from the fall of Constantinople to the bombings of World War II and the recent devastation of Syrian towns, the destruction of cities and the slaughter of civilian populations are among the most dramatic events in world history. But how r…
"From the Trojan War to the sack of Rome by Alaric, from the fall of Constantinople to the bombing of European cities in World War II and now the devastation of Syrian towns filmed by drones, the destruction of cities and monuments and the slaughter of civilian populations are a…
From the Trojan War to the sack of Rome, from the fall of Constantinople to the bombings of World War II and the recent devastation of Syrian towns, the destruction of cities and the slaughter of civilian populations are among the most dramatic events in world history. But how r…
"From the Trojan War to the sack of Rome by Alaric, from the fall of Constantinople to the bombing of European cities in World War II and now the devastation of Syrian towns filmed by drones, the destruction of cities and monuments and the slaughter of civilian populations are a…
"From the Trojan War to the sack of Rome by Alaric, from the fall of Constantinople to the bombing of European cities in World War II and now the devastation of Syrian towns filmed by drones, the destruction of cities and monuments and the slaughter of civilian populations are a…
"Archaeological interpretation is an imaginative act. Stratigraphy and artefacts do not tell us what the past was like; that is the task of the archaeologist. The diverse group of contributors to this volume address the relationship between archaeology and imagination through th…
"Archaeological interpretation is an imaginative act. Stratigraphy and artefacts do not tell us what the past was like; that is the task of the archaeologist. The diverse group of contributors to this volume address the relationship between archaeology and imagination through th…
