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In this important and timely publication, top international scholars present current research and developments about the art, archaeology, and history of the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Syria. Palmyra became tragic headline news in 2015, when it was overtaken by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which destroyed many of its monuments and artifacts. The essays in this book include new scholarship on Palmyra's origins and evolution as well as developments from both before and after its damage by ISIS, providing new information that will be relevant to current and future generations of art historians and archaeologists. The book also includes a moving tribute by Waleed Khaled al-Asa'ad to his father, Khaled al-Asa'ad, the Syrian archaeologist, who was the head of antiquities and curator at Palmyra, who was brutally murdered by ISIS in 2015 for defending the site.

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Author:   Joan Aruz
Publisher:   American University in Cairo Press
Imprint:   American University in Cairo Press
Edition:   Arabic Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.572kg
ISBN:  

9781617979149

ISBN 10:   1617979147
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   05 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Language:   Arabic

Table of Contents

Contributors to the Volume Acknowledgments Maps Introduction Joan Aruz A Tribute to the Late Khaled al-As`ad, Martyr of Human Civilization Waleed Khaled al-As’ad The Bride of the Dry Steppe: Palmyra and the Surrounding Territory Jørgen Christian Meyer The First Occupation of Palmyra: Soundings in the Sanctuary of Bêl and Tell ez-Zor Michel al-Maqdissi and Eva Ishaq Bel and Baalshamin: Two Lost Temples Michał Gawlikowski Looking Back on Thirty Years of Syro-German/Austrian Archaeological Research at Palmyra in Memory of Khaled al-As‘ad Andreas Schmidt-Colinet “Ich Bin Ein Palmyrener” Or “Je Suis Tadmor”: On How To Be a Proper Citizen of the Queen of the Desert Ted Kaizer Out of a Palmyrene Family. Notes on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Palmyra Collection Eleonora Cussini Palmyrene Funerary Portraits: Collection Histories and Current Research Rubina Raja Embodied Identities in the Funerary Portraiture of Palmyra Maura Heyn Palmyrene Sculpture in Context: Between Hybridity and Heterogeneity Lucinda Dirven Zenobia in History and Legend Judith Weingarten Bibliography

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Joan Aruz is curator emerita, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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