ANCIENT EGYPT & THE NEAR EAST

Current Research and Future Directions Edited by Ine Jacobs (University of Oxford) and Hugh Elton (Trent University, Ontario)

A comprehensive impression of the quality of life across Asia Minor during the last century or so before the end of Antiquity. This book brings together historians and archaeologists working on diverse aspects of Asia Minor in the long sixth century. They discuss topics as varied as rural prosperity, urbanism in cities large and small, frontier management, and the imperial capital of Constantinople. Together, they produce a comprehensive impression of the quality of life in both city and countryside during the period.

Edited by Juan Carlos Moreno García (Sorbonne University)

Examines the role of markets, traders, economic interaction and 'money' in pre-modern societies. This volume discusses the role of markets, traders and economic interaction and the use of “money” in pre-modern societies, based on archaeological, anthropological and historical evidence. It covers a range of topics in which recent research in the fields of economic sociology, archaeology, anthropology, economics and history proves invaluable in order to analyse the role of Egyptian trade in a broader perspective, as well as to suggest new venues of comparative research, theoretical reflection and dialogue between Egyptology and social sciences.

An Egyptian Story By Peter Feinman

A real-world approach to understanding the Exodus. Did the Exodus occur? This question has been asked in biblical scholarship since its origin as a modern science. This exploration of the real-world Exodus is told without reference to the Bible. It is based on the archaeological record in Egypt and in nearby areas such as Canaan, the land of promise and told from an Egyptian perspective.

A Global Archaeological Perspective Edited by Hannah V. Mattson (University of New Mexico)

Cutting-edge research on personal ornaments from archaeological contexts around the world. Items of personal adornment are durable objects often seen as inert embellishments or passive expressions of group identity, but recent research highlights the active and intricate roles jewellery items played in past societies. This volume brings together leading scholars conducting cuttingedge research on personal ornaments from archaeological contexts around the world, particularly those investigating how these objects were used to express, negotiate, and contest different aspects of social identity in the past.

Materializing the Divine through Human Remains in Antiquity Edited by Nicola Laneri (CAMNES/Lorenzo de’ Medici)

Investigates regional roles of body parts in mortuary rituals and as relics. This book undertakes a cross-cultural investigation of the role played in antiquity by humans and human remains in creating forms of relationality with the divine. Case studies on ritual aspects of funerary practices are presented, emphasising the varied roles of body parts in mortuary rituals and as relics. Other papers take a wider look at regional practices in various time periods and cultural contexts to explore the central role of the corpse in the negotiation of death in human culture.

Investigating Networks of Knowledge in Antiquity Edited by Lin Foxhall (University of Liverpool)

Interrogates the interpretative potential of network concepts for understanding the movement of ideas over time and space. Over the past decade, network theory and methodologies have become central to exploring and explaining social, economic and political relationships and connections in past societies. The papers in this volume aim to interrogate the interpretative potential of network concepts for understanding the movement over time and space of ideas about how to make things through a range of archaeological case studies which reveal both functional and dysfunctional relationships.

Warfare in the Classical World from Agamemnon to Alexander By Simon Elliott

A lavishly illustrated overview of the history of Greek warfare. This is a lavishly illustrated tour de force covering every aspect of warfare in the Ancient Greek world from the beginnings of Greek civilization through to its assimilation into the ever expanding world of Rome. As such it begins with the onset Minoan culture on Crete around 2,000 BC, then covers the arrival of the Mycenaean civilisation and the ensuing Late Bronze Age Collapse, before moving on to Dark Age and Archaic Greece. This sets the scene for the flowering of Classical Greek civilization, as told through detailed narratives of the Greek and Persian Wars, Peloponnesian Wars and the rise of Thebes as a major power.

The book then moves on to the onset of Macedonian domination under Philip II, before focusing in detail on the exploits of his son Alexander the Great, the all-conquering hero of the ancient world. His legacy was the Hellenistic world with its multiple, never ending series of conflicts that took place over a huge territory, ranging from Italy in the west all the way to India in the east. Those covered include the various Wars of the Successors, the rise of the Bactrian-Greek and IndoGreek kingdoms, the various wars between the Antigonid Macedonian, Seleucid and Ptolemaic kingdoms, and later the onset of the clash of cultures between the rising power of Rome in the west and the Hellenistic kingdoms. In the long run the latter proved unable to match Rome's insatiable desire for conquest in the eastern Mediterranean, and this together with the rise of Parthia in the east ensured that one by one the Hellenistic kingdoms and states fell. The book ends with the destruction of Corinth in 146 BC after the defeat by Rome of the Achaean League.

Integration and connectivity c. 150–70 BC Edited by Toni Ñaco del Hoyo (Universitat de Girona), Jordi Principal (Archaeological Museum of Catalonia) and Mike Dobson (University of Exeter)

A comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of Rome's expansion into the north-western Mediterranean from the mid-second century BCE. To date, Rome’s intervention in the West from the mid-2nd century BCE has been largely untouched. This volume aims to push the historical and archaeological debates about Rome’s expansion beyond these traditional boundaries and previous discipline-based research. Through treating the entire north-western Mediterranean as a micro-region and using various interdisciplinary approaches, the authors provides an innovative and comprehensive overview of this region in a period of historical crossroads.

An Assessment By Richard Hodge (American University in Rome) and Inge Hansen

An assessment of the studies and field reports that focus upon the foundation and early history of Butrint. Butrint, ancient Buthrotum, has taken many forms in different ages, shaped by the near-constant interaction between the place, its lagoonal landscape and the Mediterranean. This volume assesses the Roman archaeology, including studies and field reports, to explore the foundation and early history of the settlement.

Glassware and Glass Production By Anastassios C. Antonaras (Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki)

An examination of 450 catalogued examples of glass-working remains and glasses provides insights into the lives of everyday Corinthians. This first attempt to analyse the entire corpus of glass found in Corinth, located just east of the Theatre presents over 450 examples of glass working remains, vessel (and non-vessel) glass, revealing shifting patterns in vessel types, manufacturing techniques, and trade, as well as evidence for local glass production throughout these periods. This ground-breaking study provides a glimpse into the daily lives of Corinthians, advancing glass studies across the Mediterranean.

Sculpture By Mary C. Sturgeon (University of North Carolina)

A report on the discoveries at the Gymnasium Area at Corinth exploring display context, reuse, and deposition of sculptures in the ancient Mediterranean. This 23rd volume in the Corinth series is dedicated to finds from excavation of the Gymnasium Area in Corinth. Notable discoveries include marble sculptures of athletes, civic officials, and depictions of various gods and goddesses, 126 pieces dating between the 6th c. BCE and 5th c. AD, and the ornately decorated bath-fountain complex. The statue corpus grants us insight into the sculptural practices after the founding of the Roman colony at Corinth, and critical knowledge concerning display context, reuse, and the deposition of sculpture at a gymnasium in a large regional centre of the eastern Mediterranean.

Edited by Simon Keay (University of Southampton), Martin Millett (University of Cambridge), Kris Strutt (University of Southamption) and Paola Germoni (Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica)

Survey results regarding the Portus-Ostia complex, and hence the economy of the City of Rome itself. The Isola Sacra lies at the centre of the massive port complex that served Imperial Rome. This volume focuses on the results of a ten-year survey from the Portus Project; the results are set against the geomorphology of the delta, integrated with information from past excavations, and complemented by geoarchaeological coring and an account of the ships excavated here.

By Simon Forty

A study of the Roman borders, their role as defenses and control points and their impact on the Roman empire as a whole. This book examines the frontiers of the Roman Empire, the way they were constructed and manned and how that changed over the years. It looks at the physical barriers, from the walls in Britain to the Fossatum Africae in the desert, as well as the way that civil settlements grew up around the forts and what life was like for soldiers, sailors and civilians.