The ancient world in silent cinema
"In the first four decades of cinema, hundreds of films were made that drew their inspiration from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Bible. Few of these films have been studied, and even fewer have received the critical attention they deserve. The films in question, ranging fr…
Author is particularly concerned with ancient Near East and contemporary West Africa.
Author is particularly concerned with ancient Near East and contemporary West Africa. This book assesses the impact of writing on human societies, both in the Ancient Near East and in contemporary Africa, and highlights some general features of social systems that have been inf…
Despite the long-held notion that the early Christians were meek and mild, going to their martyr's deaths singing hymns of love and praise, the truth, as Catherine Nixey reveals, is very different. Far from being meek and mild, they were violent, ruthless and fundamentally intol…
La 4e de couverture indique : "Being an integral element of how humans interact with one another, violence, however disruptive, often also manifests itself as an ordering force. In this collection of essays, the contributing authors explore this particular aspect of violence fro…
"Rituals, Collapse, and Radical Transformation in Archaic States explores the role of ritual in a variety of archaic states and generates discussion on how the decline in a state's ability to continue in its current form affected the practices of ritual and how ritual as a cultu…
Tópoi: Antídōra ston Pantelī́ Mpasáko
by Kintī́, Vásō, Mpallá, Chlóī, Faráklas, Giṓrgos
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Perché la cultura classica: la risposta di un non classicista
by Russo, Lucio
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