Phoenicia: Episodes and Anecdotes from the Ancient Mediterranean 1575061813, 9781575061818

Phoenicia has long been known as the homeland of the Mediterranean seafarers who gave the Greeks their alphabet. But alo

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Phoenicia: Episodes and Anecdotes from the Ancient Mediterranean
1575061813, 9781575061818

Phoenicia has long been known as the homeland of the Mediterranean seafarers who gave the Greeks their alphabet. But alo

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The history of the Phoenicians, explorers and merchants, is little known. What a paradox for this ingenious people, who

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Twenty-four experts from the fields of Ancient History, Semitic philology, Assyriology, Classical Archaeology, and Class

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Twenty-four experts from the fields of Ancient History, Semitic philology, Assyriology, Classical Archaeology, and Class

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Written by the renowned authority on ancient ships and seafaring Lionel Casson, The Ancient Mariners has long served the

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In this book, Guy D. Middleton explores the fascinating lives of thirty real women of the ancient Mediterranean from the

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From Hydrology to Hydroarchaeology in the Ancient Mediterranean: An interdisciplinary approach is devoted to the study o

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This study applies form criticism to the stories of the earliest rabbinic midrashim. The results shed light on the liter

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