Object Details Author Starr, Chester G. 1914-1999 Contents On the track of early man: The earliest food-gatherers -- The later food-gatherers -- The food-raisers -- The origins of civilization: ...

Explore the greatest and most influential empires in world history, spanning over 45 centuries of civilization. In this first ...

Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...

“The Hittites were uniquely interested in recording rituals in foreign languages,” Daniel Schwemer, head of the Chair of ...

Fowlkes, Blair Seymour, Michael (Michael John) host institution Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Notes "This catalogue is published in conjunction with 'The World between Empires: Art and ...

The results provide an insight into cosmetic practices in the Ancient Near East and into the material culture of the fringes of the Assyrian Empire. The study has been published in Archaeometry.