Imagining Babylon : the modern story of an ancient city / Mario Liverani ; translated from the Italian by Ailsa Campbell. [electronic resource]
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; volume 11.Publisher: Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (506 pages) : illustrationsISBN:- 9781614514589 (e-book)
- Immaginare Babele. English
- 935/.5 23
- HT114 .L5813 2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Ever since the archaeological rediscovery of the ancient Near East, generations of scholars have attempted to reconstruct the 'real Babylon,' known to us before from the evocative biblical account of the Tower of Babel. After two centuries of excavations and scholarship, Mario Liverani provides an insightful overview of modern, Western approaches, theories, and accounts of the ancient Near Eastern city"--Provided by publisher.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.