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Mesopotamia Civilization Begins
ISBN: HB: 9781606066492, Getty Publications, April 2020
352 pp., 29.2x22.9 cm, 270 colour illus. illus; 1 map
Ancient Mesopotamia, a region that mainly corresponds to modern-day Iraq, has a record of human activity dating back nearly fifteen thousand years. Writing was invented in Mesopotamia at the end of the fourth millennium BCE, and urbanization reached...
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Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Fascicule 10 Athenian Red, Figured Column and Volute Kraters
ISBN: HB: 9781606066010, Getty Publications, November 2019
162 pp., 25x15 cm
Cataloging some hundred thousand examples of ancient Greek painted pottery held in collections around the world, the authoritative "Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum" (Corpus of Ancient Vases) is the oldest research project of the Union Academique Internatio...
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After Vesuvius Treasures from the Villa dei Papiri
ISBN: HB: 9781606065921, Getty Publications, July 2019
296 pp., 25x15 cm, colour illus.
The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, the model for the Getty Villa in Malibu, is one of the world's earliest systematically investigated archaeological sites. Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the Villa dei Papiri was discovered in 1...
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Beyond the Nile Egypt and the Classical World
ISBN: HB: 9781606065518, Getty Publications, April 2018
360 pp., 29.9x24.7 cm, 322 colour illus., 16 black&white illus., 1 table
From about 2000 BCE onward, Egypt served as an important nexus for cultural exchange in the eastern Mediterranean, importing and exporting not just wares but also new artistic techniques and styles. Egyptian, Greek, and Roman craftsmen imitated one a...
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Museum of Augustus The Temple of Apollo in Pompeii, The Portico of Philippus in Rome, and Latin Poetry
ISBN: HB: 9781606064214, Getty Publications, July 2015
352 pp., 25x15 cm
In the Odes, Horace writes of his own work, I have built a monument more enduring than bronze – a striking metaphor that hints at how the poetry and built environment of ancient Rome are inextricably linked. This fascinating work of original scholars...
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Manuscript Cultures of Colonial Mexico and Peru New Questions and Approaches
ISBN: PB: 9781606064351, Getty Publications, March 2015
224 pp., 25.6x17.7 cm
This volume showcases dynamic developments in the field of manuscript research that go beyond traditional textual, iconographic, or codicological studies. Using state-of-the-art conservation technologies, scholars investigate how four manuscripts – t...
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Conservation Practices on Archaeological Excavations Principles and Methods
ISBN: HB: 9781606061589, Getty Publications, May 2014
168 pp., 26.5x19.4 cm, 88 black&white illus.
This book is essential reading for archaeologists working in the field, as well as conservation scientists, museum curators and students of archaeology. The relationship between archaeology and conservation has long been complex and, at times, challe...
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World Antiquarianism Comparative Perspectives
ISBN: PB: 9781606061480, Getty Publications, December 2013
464 pp., 25.5x17.9 cm, 23 colour illus., 81 black&white illus.
This book explores the concept of antiquarianism and recasts its role for a new generation. The term antiquarianism refers to engagement with the material heritage of the past – an engagement that preceded the modern academic discipline of archaeolog...
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Archaeological Sites Conservation and Management
ISBN: PB: 9781606061244, Getty Publications, January 2013
736 pp., 25.5x17.8 cm, 29 colour illus., 21 black&white illus.
This title is an insightful collection of essays and reports examining key issues in the conservation and management of archaeological sites. The fifth volume in the Getty's "Readings in Conservation" series features more than seventy texts that have...
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Letter and Report on the Discoveries at Herculaneum
ISBN: PB: 9781606060896, Getty Publications, September 2011
248 pp., 25x15 cm, 154 black&white illus.
This is a new translation of Wincklemann's controversial writings on the early study of Herculaneum & Pompeii. This new translation brings to light the early days of scientific archaeology and the unearthing and study of Herculaneum and Pompeii as ob...
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