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Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile and Beyond
Edited by Geoff Emberling and Suzanne Davis, with contributions by Rebecca Benefiel, Ayman Damarany, Fawzi Hassan Bakhiet, Jeremy Pope, Alexandros Tsakos, Bruce Beyer Williams, and Bogdan Zurawski
Year of Publication: 2019
Graffiti — unsanctioned marks in public built spaces — are increasingly recognized as worthy of study in contexts both ancient and modern. For ancient societies, graffiti are personal expressions that are otherwise rare in the archaeological and historical record.
This volume is focused around a group of ancient and medieval figural graffiti found in 2015 by an archaeological project of the Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan, at the site of El-Kurru. Located in northern Sudan, El-Kurru was a royal pyramid burial ground of kings and queens of Kush from...
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Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge
Kerstin Barndt and Carla M. Sinopoli, editors
Year of publication: 2017
Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge explores the museums, libraries, and special collections of the University of Michigan on its bicentennial. Since its inception, U-M has collected and preserved objects: biological and geological specimens; ethnographic and archaeological artifacts; photographs and artistic works; encyclopedia, textbooks, rare books, and documents; and many other items. These vast collections and libraries testify to an ambitious vision of the research university...
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The Countryside of Aphrodisias
By Christopher Ratté and Angela Commito
Year of Publication: 2017
Aphrodisias is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Greek and Roman periods in Turkey. Excavations at Aphrodisias have been carried out by New York University since 1961 and have revealed an unusually well-preserved and picturesque ancient town. A survey of the surrounding territory undertaken between 2005 and 2009 resulted in the discovery of hundreds of new sites spanning three millennia of human occupation in the region. This book presents the rich archaeological remains of ...
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