World Traveler
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Publisher :
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 49,34 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Geography
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Prehistoric Figurines
Author : Douglass Whitfield Bailey
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780415331524
Book Description
Here is a radical new approach to one of the most exciting but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. Studying their roles and functions in society from past to present day, archaeology students will find this an invaluable asset.
The Austrian Riviera Including the Albanian Coast, the Jonian Islands, Corfu, Patras, Athens
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Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,34 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Adriatic Sea
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Death and the Maiden
Author : Ken Dowden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 18,92 MB
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1317745450
Book Description
A remarkable number of Greek myths concern the plight of virgins – slaughtered, sacrificed, hanged, transformed into birds, cows, dear, bears, trees, and punished in Hades. Death and the Maiden, first published in 1989, contextualises this mythology in terms of geography, history and culture, and offers a comprehensive theory firmly grounded in an ubiquitous ritual: pubescent girls’ rites of passage. By means of comparative anthropology, it is argued that many local ceremonies are echoed throughout the whole range of myths, both famous and obscure. Further, Professor Dowden examines boys’ rites, as well as the renewal of entire communities at regular intervals. The first full-length work in English devoted to passage-rites in Greek myth, Death and the Maiden is an important contribution to the exciting developments in the study of the interrelation between myth and ritual: from it an innovative view on the origination of many Greek myths emerges.
Corfu
Author : Florian Fürst
Publisher : Hunter Publishing, Inc
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 32,96 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Corfu Island (Greece)
ISBN : 9783886188598
Book Description
Destinations : nous avons sélectionné pour vous les plus beaux itinéraires à travers le pays des fjords et des glaciers ; certains vous entraîneront à l'écart des circuits touristiques, vous révélant des sites d'une beauté inédite. Notre guide vous offre une description détaillée de tout ce qui constitue le patrimoine naturel et culturel exceptionnel de la Norvège, et ne manque pas de vous renseigner sur la pêche au saumon et la randonnée ou l'aurore boréale. Histoire : l'histoire de la Norvège est indissociable de celte des Vikings, peuple de marins expérimentés et redoutables qui sillonnèrent les mers jusqu'à Constantinople, semant pendant plus de deux siècles la terreur sur leur passage. Après avoir subi la domination danoise puis suédoise, la Norvège devint indépendante en 1905. Informations pratiques : Les fiches pratiques concluant chaque chapitre regorgent d'informations sur les transports locaux, les restaurants, les heures d'ouverture des musées et autres curiosités de la région. Notre guide pratique en fin d'ouvrage vous fournit tous les renseignements indispensables à la préparation d'un voyage et d'un séjour réussis.
Sissi’s World
Author : Maura E. Hametz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 40,69 MB
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1501313460
Book Description
Sissi's World offers a transdisciplinary approach to the study of the Habsburg Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It investigates the myths, legends, and representations across literature, art, film, and other media of one of the most popular, revered, and misunderstood female figures in European cultural history. Sissi's World explores the cultural foundations for the endurance of the Sissi legends and the continuing fascination with the beautiful empress: a Bavarian duchess born in 1837, the longest-serving Austrian empress, and the queen of Hungary who died in 1898 at the hands of a crazed anarchist. Despite the continuing fascination with “the beloved Sissi," the Habsburg empress, her impact, and legacy have received scant attention from scholars. This collection will go beyond the popular biographical accounts, recountings of her mythic beauty, and scattered studies of her well-known eccentricities to offer transdisciplinary cultural perspectives across art, film, fashion, history, literature, and media.
The Review of Reviews
Author : William Thomas Stead
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Page : 720 pages
File Size : 27,58 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Europe
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Illustrated London News
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Page : 926 pages
File Size : 33,86 MB
Release : 1910
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Balkan Prehistory
Author : Douglass W. Bailey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 16,40 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1134607083
Book Description
Bailey's volume fills the gap that existed for an archaeology of the Balkans and will be required reading for anyone studying the Neolithic, Copper and early Bronze Ages of Eastern Europe.
Archaeology and Women
Author : Sue Hamilton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 17,1 MB
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1315434113
Book Description
Archaeology and Women draws together from a variety of angles work currently being done within a contemporary framework on women in archaeology. One section of this collection of original articles addresses the historical and contemporary roles of women in the discipline. Another attempts to link contemporary archaeological theory and practice to work on women and gender in other fields. Finally, this volume presents a wide diversity of theoretical approaches and methods of study of women in the ancient world, representing a cross section of work being carried out today under the broad banner of gender archaeology. The geographical and chronological range of the contributions is also wide, from Southeast Asia and South America to Western Asia, Egypt and Europe, from Great Britain to Greece, and from 10,000 years ago to the recent past. An ideal sampler for courses dealing with women and archaeology.
