Gebundenes Buch

Women in Antiquity

Real Women Across the Ancient World

Herausgeber: Budin, Stephanie Lynn; Turfa, Jean Macintosh

Beschreibung

This volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology, and physical anthropology to create an engaging overview of the lives of women in antiquity. The book is divided into ten sections, nine focusing on a particular area, and also includes almost 200 images, maps, and charts. The sections cover Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Cyprus, the Levant, the Aegean, Italy, and Western Europe, and include many lesser-known cultures such as the Celts, Iberia, Carthage, the Black Sea region, and Scandinavia.

Autor

Stephanie Lynn Budin is an ancient historian with a focus on ancient Greece and the Near East. Her published works include Artemis (2015), Images of Women and Child from the Bronze Age (2011), The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity (2008), and The Origin of Aphrodite (2003), as well as numerous articles on ancient religion and iconography. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and bunnies. Jean MacIntosh Turfa received her Ph.D. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and Latin from Bryn Mawr College, USA. She was a consultant for the Kyle M. Phillips Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, where she is currently a Consulting Scholar.

Produktdetails

• Rewriting Antiquity
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 1074
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 184mm x 62mm
• Gewicht: 1994g
• ISBN-13: 9781138808362
• ISBN-10: 1138808369
• Artikelnr.: 48096826