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The Land of the Hittites : An Account of Recent Explorations and Discoveries in Asia Minor, with Descriptions of the Hittite Monuments / John Garstang.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Kiraz Classic Archaeological ReprintsPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (611 p.) : 105Content type:
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  • 9781593336172
  • 9781463212865
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- INTRODUCTORY NOTE -- AUTHORS PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- I. A CHAPTER OF GEOGRAPHY -- II. SOME PAGES OF HISTORY -- III. MONUMENTS OF THE HITTITES -- IV. THE NORTHERN CAPITAL : A DESCRIPTION OF THE ANCIENT CITY AT BOGHAZ-KEUI AND THE SCULPTURES CALLED IASILY KAYA -- V. WALLED TOWNS AND PALACES -- VI. THE STORY OF THE HITTITES -- APPENDIX A . BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HITTITE ARCHÆOLOGY -- APPENDIX B . — INDEX TO HITTITE MONUMENTS, WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY -- AUTHOR INDEX, CLASSICAL AND BIBLICAL REFERENCES -- GENERAL INDEX
Summary: This important summary of Garstang’s travels and studies in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) is fully illustrated with nearly 100 photographs as well as maps and plans. This account details the marvels revealed by archaeology in ancient western Asia. The study begins with documentation of the geography of the region, giving the reader a sense of the world as seen by the Hittites of antiquity. Garstang outlines the history of the Hittite period before detailing the monumental architecture of this people. Garstang’s treatment concludes with a substantial history of the Hittites, people referred to in the Bible and in the historical records of other ancient Near Eastern civilizations.

Frontmatter -- INTRODUCTORY NOTE -- AUTHORS PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- I. A CHAPTER OF GEOGRAPHY -- II. SOME PAGES OF HISTORY -- III. MONUMENTS OF THE HITTITES -- IV. THE NORTHERN CAPITAL : A DESCRIPTION OF THE ANCIENT CITY AT BOGHAZ-KEUI AND THE SCULPTURES CALLED IASILY KAYA -- V. WALLED TOWNS AND PALACES -- VI. THE STORY OF THE HITTITES -- APPENDIX A . BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HITTITE ARCHÆOLOGY -- APPENDIX B . — INDEX TO HITTITE MONUMENTS, WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY -- AUTHOR INDEX, CLASSICAL AND BIBLICAL REFERENCES -- GENERAL INDEX

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This important summary of Garstang’s travels and studies in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) is fully illustrated with nearly 100 photographs as well as maps and plans. This account details the marvels revealed by archaeology in ancient western Asia. The study begins with documentation of the geography of the region, giving the reader a sense of the world as seen by the Hittites of antiquity. Garstang outlines the history of the Hittite period before detailing the monumental architecture of this people. Garstang’s treatment concludes with a substantial history of the Hittites, people referred to in the Bible and in the historical records of other ancient Near Eastern civilizations.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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