Tumuli were the most widespread form of monumental tombs in the ancient world. Their impact on landscape, their allurement as well as their symbolic reference to a glorious past can still be felt today. The need of supra-regional and cross-disciplinary examination of this unique phenomenon led to an international conference in Istanbul in 2009. With almost 50 scholars from 12 different countries participating, the conference entitled Tumul Istanbul created links between fields of research which would not have had the opportunity to meet otherwise. The proceedings of Tumul Istanbul revolve around the question of the symbolic significance of burial mounds in the 1st millennium BC in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black-Sea regions, providing further insight into Kurgan neighbours from Eurasia.
Olivier Henry & Ute Kelp
Tumulus as Sema
Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC
Tumulus as Sema
Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 1164 ● ISBN 9783110385458 ● File size 146.5 MB ● Editor Olivier Henry & Ute Kelp ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City Berlin/Boston ● Published 2016 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6585034 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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