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The Dictaean Cave
Lengthy description of the Dictaean Cave in eastern Crete, its significance in Greek mythology, and its extensive archaeology first revealed by the British archaeologist David Hogarth in his excavations of 1899 which comprised a wealth of Minoan artefacts including weapons ceramics and a variety
Anthropomorphic Figurines of Predynastic Egypt and Neolithic Crete, with Comparative Material from the Prehistoric Near East and Mainland Greece
Professor Ucko’s monumental survey and analysis of figurines from ancient Egypt and Crete with his proposal that many of these had far less to do with goddess/deity associations and were more likely to be dolls, ancestor figures, talismanic pregnancy aids, tools for sex instruction and puberty ri
Greek Temples & Theatres
Essentially an illustrated gazetteer of all the major archaeological sites in Greece and across the Eastern Mediterranean that feature temples or theatres with additional notes on the religion of the ancient Greeks and the events staged in open air theatres. Paperback. 120 pages.
Inscribed Seals: First Temple Period, Hebrew, Ammonite, Moabite, Phoenician and Aramaic, from the Collections of the Israel Museum and the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums
From the Schenker collection 136 prehistoric seals of scribes, stewards and public servants dating from C8th-C6th BC are illustrated and described, some for the first time. Most show ancient Hebrew inscription but Aramaic, Phoenician, Ammonite and Moabite scripts are also represented.
