By archaeologist Marie-Henriette Gates, Faculty of Letters, Bilkent University, Turkey
Breathtaking artifacts and architecture from the great civilizations east of the Holy Land--including Assyria, Babylonia and Persia--to the Dura-Europas during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
MAJOR TOPICS: Geography Gods and Kings Ur Akkadian Dynasty Gudea of Lagash Mari Ebla, Palace G Mari in the Middle Bronze Age Code of Hammurabi Ebla in the Middle Bronze Age Ugarit in the Late Bronze Age Byblos in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages Babylon Assyria The Nimrud Ivories, Early First Millennium A.D. The Neo-Hittite City-States of Aramean Syria Achaemenian Persia Dura-Europos: A Jewish Community in Roman Mesopotamia
PARTIAL LIST OF SLIDES: Mt. Ararat Ziggurat of King Ur-Nammu Gold and Lapis Dagger and Sheath Victory Stela of Naram-Sin Votive Statue of Ishtar Temple Official Inlaid Panel, Temple of Dagan Citadel at Aleppo Procession at Zimri-Lim's Palace Stela with Law Code of Hammurabi Statue of King Ibbit-Lim Temple Cult Basin Entrance Portico of Royal Palace Aegean Goddess in Ivory Alphabetic Cuneiform Tablet Temple of Reshef Sarcophagus of King Ahiram Cuneiform Tablet with Map of the World Ishtar Gate, Detail of Bull Boundary Stone of Nebuchadrezzar I King Assurbanipal Dining in a Garden, Nineveh Winged Bull, Sargon II's Palace at Khorsabad Sennacherib's Victory at Lachish, Prisoners of War Sennacherib's Siege of Lachish, Impaled Prisoners Sculpted Temple Orthostat, 'Ain Dara The Cyrus Cylinder Citadel at Persepolis Darius I Killing a Lion
BAS, 1993. 140 slides. 53-page caption booklet. ISBN 1-880317-37-0
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