Tumulus as Sema: Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC

Tumuli were the most widespread form of monumental tombs in the ancient world. Their impact on landscape, their allurement as well as their symbolic referenceto a glorious past can still be felt today. The need of supra-regional and cross-disciplinary examination of this unique phenomenon led to theorganisation ofan international conference in Istanbul in 2009. The proceedings of TumulIstanbul revolve around thequestion of the symbolicsignificance of burial mounds in the 1st millennium BCin the Eastern Mediterranean and Black-Sea regions, also providing further insight into theirKurgan neighbours from Eurasia.

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Tumulus as Sema: Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC

Tumuli were the most widespread form of monumental tombs in the ancient world. Their impact on landscape, their allurement as well as their symbolic referenceto a glorious past can still be felt today. The need of supra-regional and cross-disciplinary examination of this unique phenomenon led to theorganisation ofan international conference in Istanbul in 2009. The proceedings of TumulIstanbul revolve around thequestion of the symbolicsignificance of burial mounds in the 1st millennium BCin the Eastern Mediterranean and Black-Sea regions, also providing further insight into theirKurgan neighbours from Eurasia.

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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

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

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Tumuli were the most widespread form of monumental tombs in the ancient world. Their impact on landscape, their allurement as well as their symbolic referenceto a glorious past can still be felt today. The need of supra-regional and cross-disciplinary examination of this unique phenomenon led to theorganisation ofan international conference in Istanbul in 2009. The proceedings of TumulIstanbul revolve around thequestion of the symbolicsignificance of burial mounds in the 1st millennium BCin the Eastern Mediterranean and Black-Sea regions, also providing further insight into theirKurgan neighbours from Eurasia.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783110385458
Publisher: De Gruyter
Publication date: 04/11/2016
Series: Topoi - Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi - Berliner Studien der Alten Welt , #27
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 1164
File size: 147 MB
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Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Olivier Henry, Institut Français d'Etudes Anatoliennes (IFEA), Istanbul, Turkey; Ute Kelp, University Cologne, Germany.

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