Experimental Archaeology: Making, Understanding, Story-telling
The book is based on the proceedings of a two-day workshop on experimental archaeology at the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens in 2017, in collaboration with UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture.
The Ornamental Calcite Vessels from the Tomb of Tutankhamun
This book presents a catalogue of the ornamental calcite vessels with an introduction and a discussion of their artistic merit, at times disputed, as well as their purpose during the life of Tutankhamun and after his death.
The Staffordshire Hoard
The book tells the story of the Staffordshire Hoard’s discovery and acquisition, and the six-year research project that pieced its fragments back together.
Value of Colour. Material and Economic Aspects in the Ancient World
In the Value of Colour, an interdisciplinary group of scholars
come together to examine economically relevant questions concerning
a narrow slice of social and cognitive history.
100 Highlights of the Collections of the Oriental Institute Museum
This special edition of Highlights of the Collections of the Oriental Institute Museum commemorates the 2019 centennial of the Oriental Institute.
Agamemnon, the Pathetic Despot: Reading Characterization in Homer
Andrew Porter explains the expression of characterization in Homer’s works, from an oral-traditional point of view.
Homeric Imagery and the Natural Environment
William Brockliss explores the Homeric poets’ use of concrete concepts drawn from the Greek natural environment to aid their audiences’ understanding of abstract concepts.
Plato’s Republic
The book explains the context and introduces the most important topics that Plato’s Republic covers.
Narratology
This volume offers the first diachronic reception history of narratology, covering a period of 2,500 years.
Salamis of Cyprus
This richly illustrated book compiles most of the lectures presented during the conference in Nicosia, 21–23 May 2015.
The Gaze of Homer: Light and Vision in the Iliad
This study is an overall investigation of the Homeric visual perceptions and the function of vision in the Iliad, with an emphasis on the various forms that light takes in this epic within natural phenomena, typical scenes, similes, etc.
Political Thought and Practice in the Ottoman Empire
This volume aims to explore Ottoman political thought and seeks answers to questions such as those: Did Ottoman political thinkers precede policy-makers in proposing reform, or did political writers feel surpassed by developments with which they did not agree?
Diodorus of Sicily: The Library, Books 16-20
This new translation by Robin Waterfield of books 16-20 covers a vital period in European history.
Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Palaces. Volume II
This volume is dedicated primarily to Near Eastern palaces which are presented and studied by prominent experts in this field.
La vaisselle en pierre des reines de Pépy Ier
Stone Vessels for the Pharaoh’s Ladies... Publication about the material found in the cemetery of the family of King Pepy I of the 6th Dynasty.
Ostraca de Krokodilô II
This volume contains private letters exchanged between the inhabitants of Krokodilo and the neighbouring forts, Phoinikon and Persou.
Nubian Gold: Ancient Jewelry from Sudan and Egypt
The book tells the story not only of the treasures themselves but of the exciting tales of their discovery.
Atlas archéologique de l’Égypte is now online
L’Atlas archéologique de l’Égypte, one of French Egyptology’s landmark works is now digitized and accessible online.
Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World
Essays on uses of the past in prominent and diverse cultures in ancient civilizations across the world.
Roads of Arabia
Mina Moraitou, George Manginis (eds.), Roads of Arabia. Archaeological Treasures from Saudi Arabia, translation and editing of english texts: Anastasia Geramanis, Greta Vasileiou, Benaki Museum, Athens 2019, 279 p. ISBN: ISBN: 978-960-476-242-2 The publication constitutes the catalogue of the exhibition
The Knossos Tablets
The sixth edition of The Knossos Tablets brings for now to completion nearly 120 years of the study of the texts of the Linear B inscriptions from the preeminent Cretan palatial site of the late Minoan Bronze Age.
Voices from Ancient Greece
Voices from Ancient Greece: Sources for Greek History, Society, and Culture provides students with an engaging exploration of one of the most influential ancient civilizations of the world.
Paths into Script Formation in the Ancient Mediterranean
The volume aims to throw light on the two different faces of the creation of writing – invention and adaptation – and on the multidimensional nature of such processes.
Entangled: An Archaeology of the Relationships between Humans and Things
A powerful and innovative argument that explores the complexity of the human relationship with material things, demonstrating how humans and societies are entrapped into the maintenance and sustaining of material worlds.