Babylon : legend, history and the ancient city / Michael Seymour.

By: Seymour, Michael (Michael John)Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2014Description: xii, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781848857018; 1848857012; 9781784536916; 1784536911Other title: Legend, history and the ancient citySubject(s): Babylon (Extinct city) -- History | Babylon (Extinct city) -- In art | Babylon (Extinct city) -- In literature | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- Babylon (Extinct city) | Iraq -- Antiquities | Iraq -- Babylon (Extinct city) | Utgrävningar | Irak -- Babylon (övergiven stad) | ForntidenDDC classification: 935 LOC classification: DS70.5.B3 | S49 2014Online resources: Book review (H-Net)
Contents:
A city and its ghosts -- Ancient Babylon -- Tyrants and wonders : the biblical and classical sources -- The earthly city : medieval and Renaissance approaches -- Discoveries and fantasies : enlightenment and modern approaches -- The German experience : excavation and reception -- The library of Babel : Babylon and its representation after the excavations -- Culture and knowledge -- Postscript: The Babylon exhibitions.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-338) and index.

A city and its ghosts -- Ancient Babylon -- Tyrants and wonders : the biblical and classical sources -- The earthly city : medieval and Renaissance approaches -- Discoveries and fantasies : enlightenment and modern approaches -- The German experience : excavation and reception -- The library of Babel : Babylon and its representation after the excavations -- Culture and knowledge -- Postscript: The Babylon exhibitions.

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