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The Street of Human Habitations: An Account of Man's Dwelling Places Customs Utensils etc in Prehistoric Times and in Ancient Egypt, Assyria and Chaldea, Phoenicia, Persia, India and Japan
A slightly eccentric compendium of miscellaneous essays relating to the archaeology, religions, dwellings, and customs of widely differing cultures – the Prehistoric (Palaeolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age); the ancient Egyptians; the Assyrians; the Phoenicians; the Persians; and historic India an
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Pharos at Alexandria survived into the Middle Ages, but the Hanging Gardens of Babylon exist only in a few references and the Colossus of Rhodes is too improbable to have existed.
Nationalism, Historiography and the (Re)construction of the Past
A collection of essays exploring how the past has been reconstructed to serve nationalist agendas citing examples from South Africa, Rwanda, Yemen, Uzbekistan and Greece.
Objects of Instruction: Treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Describes and illustrates the remarkable corpus of artefacts held by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) including manuscripts, rare books, wall-hangings, textiles, ceramics, metalwork, sculptures, maps, and archive photographs from Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Large form
Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1990-1991
Chapters on: Ming Glass; Imperial Patronage of Ming Porcelain; Abbasid Ceramics; Mamluk Incense Burners; 1900 Inventory of the Beijing Summer Palace. Hardbck. 106 pages. New condition. Cat No 1914.
