Death and burial in the Near East from Roman to Islamic times : research in Syria, Lebanon, Joran and Egypt /
"This book is based on a German-Arab colloquium held in Amman in September 2013, where current excavation and research results on death and burial from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt were presented. For the first time, Arab and Near Eastern scholars were able to discuss the main features and...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Wiesbaden :
Reichert Verlag,
2018
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| Series: | Münchner Beiträge zur Provinzialrömischen Archäologie ;
Bd. 7 Münchner Beiträge zur Provinzialrömischen Archäologie ; Bd. 7 |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface / by Christoph Eger and Michael Mackensen
- Death and burial in early Palmyra. Reflections on urbanization, imperialism, and the creation of memorial landscapes / by Lidewijde de Jong
- The tombs at Palmyra and their decoration / by Andreas Schmidt-Colinet
- Structures funéraires de l'époque classique de l'Emésène orientale d'après les archives de R. du Mesnil du Buisson (Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités Orientales) / by Michel al-Maqdissi
- Exceptional grave-goods from the Roman necropolis at Chisphin, Golan, in the National Museum of Damascus / by Rüdiger Gogräfe
- Late Roman to early Byzantine burial customs in the Ghuta of Damascus - the necropolis of Darayya / by Mahmoud Hamoud and Christoph Eger
- Cemeteries in Beirut (excavations 1999-2013) / by Barbara Stuart and Hans Curvers
- The Nabataean way of death on Petra's North Ridge / by Megan A. Perry and Jessica L. Walker
- Limestone sarcophagi from Gerasa/Jerash, Jordan / by Cathrin Pogoda
- The rock chamber necropolis of Khirbat Yajuz and church burials in the province of Arabia / by Christoph Eger
- Types of burials in churches in Jordan in the Byzantine and early Islamic periods / by Robert Schick
- Celebrating with the dead. Agents in the funeral cult of Roman Egypt / by Katja Lembke
- The early Christian cemeteries of Qarara and Sharuna, Middle Egypt / by Béatrice Huber
- Death and burial in the monastery of St. Paulos at Western Thebes, Upper Egypt / by Ina Eichner
- Houses for the dead in Egypt / by Felix Arnold
- Muslim burial customs in modern Jordan / by Ahmad Lash and Jehad Haron
- Preface / by Christoph Eger and Michael Mackensen
- Death and burial in early Palmyra. Reflections on urbanization, imperialism, and the creation of memorial landscapes / by Lidewijde de Jong
- The tombs at Palmyra and their decoration / by Andreas Schmidt-Colinet
- Structures funéraires de l'époque classique de l'Emésène orientale d'après les archives de R. du Mesnil du Buisson (Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités Orientales) / by Michel al-Maqdissi
- Exceptional grave-goods from the Roman necropolis at Chisphin, Golan, in the National Museum of Damascus / by Rüdiger Gogräfe
- Late Roman to early Byzantine burial customs in the Ghuta of Damascus - the necropolis of Darayya / by Mahmoud Hamoud and Christoph Eger
- Cemeteries in Beirut (excavations 1999-2013) / by Barbara Stuart and Hans Curvers
- The Nabataean way of death on Petra's North Ridge / by Megan A. Perry and Jessica L. Walker
- Limestone sarcophagi from Gerasa/Jerash, Jordan / by Cathrin Pogoda
- The rock chamber necropolis of Khirbat Yajuz and church burials in the province of Arabia / by Christoph Eger
- Types of burials in churches in Jordan in the Byzantine and early Islamic periods / by Robert Schick
- Celebrating with the dead. Agents in the funeral cult of Roman Egypt / by Katja Lembke
- The early Christian cemeteries of Qarara and Sharuna, Middle Egypt / by Béatrice Huber
- Death and burial in the monastery of St. Paulos at Western Thebes, Upper Egypt / by Ina Eichner
- Houses for the dead in Egypt / by Felix Arnold
- Muslim burial customs in modern Jordan / by Ahmad Lash and Jehad Haron