This volume brings together papers dealing with therapeutic aspects connected to thermo-mineral sites both in Italy and in the Roman Provinces, as well as cultic issues surrounding health and healing. The first part of the book consists of contributions that are focused on the n…
This broad-ranging examination of Chinese state and court ritual from 1000 BC to AD 1750 represents the first modern account of the subject in any language. The essays, written by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field, demonstrate how and why ritual has played suc…
Le fond de la salle, est-ce ce qui nous attend encore aujourd’hui dans un restaurant chic si nous ne sommes pas jugé assez beau ? Un décolleté plongeant, des hauts talons et une taille 36 : est-ce toujours un atout pour réussir un entretien d’embauche? Le chômage : est-ce vraime…
War and Worship concerns textile deposits from the bog sites of Thorsberg in Germany and Nydam, Vimose and Illerup Adal in Denmark. All four sites are well-known for containing a substantial amount of archaeological materials, particularly weapons, but they also contain, as inte…