Imagining Babylon

The Modern Story of an Ancient City

Mario Liverani author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:11th Jul '16

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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.

ISBN: 9781614516026

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 870g

506 pages